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Smart Motorway: Variable Speed Limits - with Kevin McPhee
Variable speed limits are at the core of our smart motorway. In fact, setting the variable speed limit is actually the smartest smart bit of the whole smart motorway. Watch this animation to find out how variable speeds work and why it's important all drivers do their bit by sticking to the displayed speed limit.
Smart Motorway: Emergency Stopping Areas - with Kevin McPhee
The smart motorway will include two smart emergency stopping areas. As Kevin explains, each areas will have a sensor, a camera, and a phone which will connect straight to the Wellington Operation Centre.
Smart Motorway: Ramp Signals - with Kevin McPhee
Ramp signals are a set of traffic lights which switch from red to green and vice versa quickly allowing vehicles to merge smoothly and safely to the traffic already flowing on the highway. They will be installed at the end of State Highway 2 onramp at Ngauranga. The ramp signals will be switched on during peak traffic.
The Wellington Transport Operations Centre is the heart of the smart system - with Kevin McPhee
Watch this animation to find out how the Transport Operations Centre manages the smart system.
Installing the cross-motorway gantry - 29 November 2015
Removing the redundant gantry - 15 November 2015
This gantry will be refurbished and re-installed on SH2 in early 2016.
Smart Motorway: A drive through animation - with Kevin McPhee
SH2 gantry timelapse - 2 August 2015
Installing a SH1 cross-motorway gantry over two nights on 29 July and 1 August
SH2 gantry timelapse - 2 August 2015
Lifting into place the portal gantry will hold a fixed directional sign on the SH2 off-ramp.
SH1 gantry timelapse - 3 August 2015
Installing the project's first of three new truss gantries into place on the SH1 southbound flyover, between Ngauranga and Aotea Quay.
Smart Motorway: Getting smart on the Wellington urban motorway - with Kevin McPhee
Moving the Kaiwharawhara bridge stub
See the 300 tonne bridge stub lifted off its foundations.
Moving the first span of the Kaiwharawhara off-ramp
Watch the step by step process.