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Vuosaari Harbour Road System, Helsinki, Finland

Vuosaari Harbour will be one of the most modern seaports in Europe when it opens in 2008. The new harbour is located in the Vuosaari area of East Helsinki and will handle the majority of cargo for the greater Helsinki area.

The concept behind the new harbour is the rearrangement of cargo handling, rail depot, and oil harbour to release valuable land for commercial and residential development (shipping operations at the West Harbour and Sörnäinen Harbour will be moved to the new harbour).

The total area of the new harbour will be 150ha (90ha of land is being reclaimed from the sea) and there will also be a 75ha business developed adjacent to the harbour.

This development also requires an improvement in transportation infrastructure around the harbour and this means a new railway line and the extension of the Outer Ring III road to the harbour. Read the rest of this entry »

Manukau Harbour Bridge Auckland, New Zealand

Manukau Harbour Bridge Auckland, New Zealand.

The Manukau Harbour Bridge is a new 48 km long bridge fromAukland, New Zealand. The goal of the project is to relieve congestion through Auckland, to make travel times shorter and more predictable and allow more room for bus lanes.

The aims are:

To improve efficiency and safety, and to reduce congestion on this part of the SH20 motorway
To increase capacity for vehicles travelling across Manukau Harbour
To improve access between the south-western Motorway and Onehunga to Pakuranga arterial route.

The construction will begin in 2008 and the contractor has not appointed yet. Read the rest of this entry »