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Hamilton Southern Links
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi · Waikato
New and upgraded roads south of Hamilton connecting SH1, SH3 and SH21 and serving the growing Peacocke area, reinstated as a Road of National Significance. The envelope is $2.32-2.72b including escalation and contingency. To be built in stages across multiple NLTP periods as funding allows.
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Mixed signals Data: High
Delivery Confidence Score, 0 to 100, higher is better: a ranking of how strong this project's delivery signals are, not a probability. It blends eight factors, including the election risk and policy alignment shown below.
Each axis is a scoring factor (0 to 100)
Data current as at 16 Sept 2026, when the pipeline was last checked against its source.
Key facts
- Region
- Waikato
- Sector
- Transport
- Status
- Planning
- Estimated value
- $2.3b
- Indicative completion
- 2030
- Funding status
- Part Funded
- Lead organisation
- NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
- Election risk
- High
Election risk assessment
Road of National Significance under the current government but unfunded and long-dated; would likely be deprioritised under a Labour/Green government, like other pre-construction RoNS.
Government priority alignment
HIGH: Roads of National Significance, a government economic-growth and housing-access priority.
Recent changes
- 2026-W37Major Estimated value up 45%: $1.6b → $2.3b.
- 2026-W37Info Owner: Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency → NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi.
Chronology
- 2018Southern Links route designations advanced alongside the Peacocke growth area
- 2023Reinstated as a Road of National Significance under the new Government
- 2025NZTA Board endorses the investment case; tolling recommended, public consultation to follow
- 2030expectedIndicative start of staged delivery as construction funding is confirmed