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Northern Express Group (NX2) has begun planting new areas to compensate for vegetation removed during the construction of the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway.
NX2 describes the plantings around the central and north zones of the new motorway as a “significant milestone”.
The plantings are required to comply with the project’s consent requirements. In addition to the new plants, stacks of wood logs have been placed to provide habitat for invertebrates and lizards.
The project’s landscaping team is also engaged in site preparation for the 2020 planting season. This will include fence construction, spreading of topsoil, spreading of wood mulch and hydroseeding.
About 60ha of planting will take place next year and a further 80ha the following year. Altogether, the project will plant 150ha.
Meanwhile, the project’s third and final earthworks season officially started on October 1. In addition to moving up to 3.5 million cubic metres of earth, NX2 will be focusing on constructing bridges and starting to create the road surface.
