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City Rail Link: 'Dame Whina Cooper' tunnel-boring machine poised for action

Caryn Wilkinson Reporter from Community News

Auckland’s City Rail Link is another step closer to completion today with the launch of Dame Whina Cooper, the tunnel-boring machine, at the project’s Mt Eden site.

The machine, named in an ode to the Māori land rights activist, will start cutting into Auckland soil in mid-May.

It will excavate the first of the two underground train tunnels as part of a project that involves constructing two new underground stations, a 3.45km twin-tunnel underground rail link and a redeveloping of Mount Eden station.

Auckland’s City Rail Link is another step closer to completion today with the launch of Dame Whina Cooper, the tunnel-boring machine, at the project’s Mt Eden site.

The machine, named in an ode to the Māori land rights activist, will start cutting into Auckland soil in mid-May.

It will excavate the first of the two underground train tunnels as part of a project that involves constructing two new underground stations, a 3.45km twin-tunnel underground rail link and a redeveloping of Mount Eden station.

Wood described the event as an “exciting milestone” that is “helping our economic recovery and supporting jobs”.

“Building infrastructure like the City Rail Link is part of our Covid-19 economic plan. This project is providing real jobs and opportunities for thousands of Aucklanders.”

“It will give us a step-change in our public transport and cultivate a diverse and highly-skilled workforce,” he said.

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