FAQs

O Mahurangi Penlink will connect Whangaparāoa Road (near Cedar Terrace) and State Highway 1 (near Ara Wēiti Road). The new highway will provide a more direct connection between the peninsula and State Highway 1 by bypassing Silverdale. Bus services that use O Mahurangi Penlink could provide quicker journeys between many parts of the peninsula and the North Shore and City Centre than the existing bus and ferry services.

When O Mahurangi Penlink opens it will have one general traffic lane in each direction. It will be future proofed to include bus shoulder lanes – these would allow AT buses to bypass any congestion in the general traffic lanes. The bus shoulder lanes will not be available when the new highway first opens. 

A new shared path for cyclists and pedestrians will connect Whangaparāoa Road and East Coast Road.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) and the O Mahurangi Alliance are building the new highway. Visit the NZTA website for more information. 

Please note, the design and operation of the new highway are outside the scope of this project.

O Mahurangi Penlink route map

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The Whangaparāoa Public Transport Study considered a range of factors, including a high level review of how future changes in land use (such as housing) may change demand for both public transport and car use. This review was based on agreed future year land use scenarios used by Auckland Council in planning work. The study considered how these changes may impact future public transport reliability and journey times, and how any impacts could be offset by measures such as alternative use of road space, traffic signal priority or stop spacing.

Scenario 1 - Existing buses and ferry run more often than they do today

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• The Gulf Harbour ferry service would run between the Gulf Harbour Marina and Downtown Ferry Terminal throughout the day on weekdays. At peak commuting times the ferry would run every 30 – 60 minutes.
• The 988 bus service would be timed to connect with the Gulf Harbour ferry, and would serve Whangaparāoa, Little Manly, Army Bay, Shakespear Regional Park, Gulf Harbour and the Gulf Harbour Marina.
• The 982 bus service would connect Gulf Harbour, Army Bay, Little Manly, Whangaparāoa, Brightside Road, Silverdale and Hibiscus Coast Station.
• The 983 bus service would connect Gulf Harbour, Big Manly, Whangaparāoa, Vipond Road, Red Beach, Silverdale and Hibiscus Coast Station.

At Hibiscus Coast Station, customers could transfer to Northern Busway services NX1 and NX2 (and other local bus services) to reach more destinations:

• The NX1 bus service would connect Hibiscus Coast Station, Northern Busway stations and Lower Albert Street throughout the day, seven days a week.
• The NX2 bus service would connect Hibiscus Coast Station with Northern Busway stations, Wellesley Street and City universities at peak commuting times on weekdays.

Scenario 2 - NX2 via O Mahurangi Penlink, and frequent 99 bus service between Gulf Harbour and new Whangaparāoa Station

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• A new Whangaparāoa Station would be built on Whangaparāoa Road near Cedar Terrace, where customers could transfer between buses to reach more destinations.
• The NX2 bus service would use O Mahurangi Penlink to connect Whangaparāoa Station, Northern Busway stations, Wellesley Street and City universities throughout the day, seven days a week. The NX2 would no longer use Hibiscus Coast Station as it does today.
• A new frequent bus service, the 99, would connect Gulf Harbour, Army Bay, Little Manly, Whangaparāoa and Whangaparāoa Station. Buses would run at least every 15 minutes, from 7am until 7pm, seven days a week. (Buses would run in the early morning and evening, just less often.)
• The 982 bus service would connect the Manly shops, Little Manly, Whangaparāoa, Brightside Road, Whangaparāoa Station, Silverdale and Hibiscus Coast Station.
• The 983 bus service would connect Manly shops, Big Manly, Whangaparāoa, Whangaparāoa Station, Vipond Road, Red Beach, Silverdale and Hibiscus Coast Station.
• Shakespear Regional Park would not be served.
• The NX1 bus service would connect Hibiscus Coast Station, Northern Busway stations and Lower Albert Street throughout the day, seven days a week.

Scenario 3 - Gulf Harbour ferry service, and frequent 99 bus service between Gulf Harbour and Hibiscus Coast Station

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• The Gulf Harbour ferry service would connect the Gulf Harbour Marina and the Downtown Ferry Terminal throughout the day on weekdays. At peak commuting times, the ferry would run every 30 – 60 minutes.
• The 988 bus service would be timed to connect with the Gulf Harbour ferry, and would serve Whangaparāoa, Little Manly, Army Bay, Gulf Harbour and the Gulf Harbour Marina.
• A new frequent bus service, the 99, would run the length of the peninsula, connecting Gulf Harbour, Army Bay, Little Manly, Whangaparāoa, Silverdale and Hibiscus Coast Station. Buses would run at least every 15 minutes, from 7am until 7pm, seven days a week. (Buses would run in the early morning and evening, just less often.)
• The 982 bus service would connect Manly shops, Little Manly, Whangaparāoa, Brightside Road, Silverdale and Hibiscus Coast Station.
• The 983 bus service would connect Manly shops, Big Manly, Whangaparāoa, Vipond Road, Red Beach, Silverdale and Hibiscus Coast Station.
• Shakespear Regional Park would not be served.

At Hibiscus Coast Station, customers could transfer to Northern Busway services NX1 and NX2 (and other local bus services) to reach more destinations:

• NX1 would serve Hibiscus Coast Station, Northern Busway stations and Lower Albert Street throughout the day, seven days a week.
• NX2 would serve Hibiscus Coast Station, Northern Busway stations, Wellesley Street and City universities at peak commuting times on weekdays.