Historic re-opening for Grafton Bridge: 4 October
Aucklanders will get an opportunity to celebrate an Auckland icon as Grafton Bridge officially reopens with a special civic ceremony on Sunday, 4 October (11am-4pm)The event will be followed by an open day, as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival with heritage tours, live music and vintage vehicle displays.
The bridge will reopen to traffic on 5 October, but will operate as a buslane between 7am-7pm, weekdays. Emergency vehicles, cyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians will have access at all times.
Mayor of Auckland City, Hon. John Banks will mark the re-opening of Grafton Bridge, alongside family members of former Mayor Charles Grey, who first opened the bridge in 1910. As part of the official ribbon cutting ceremony, a family member of Mr Grey will present the Mayor with the original scissors used to open the bridge 99 years ago.
Grafton Bridge – key to the Central Connector
Grafton Bridge is an important part of the Central Connector – Auckland City Council's most significant transport project since the completion of Britomart.
The link bus service will begin using the route immediately with more services to be added over the next few months.
When fully operational Central Connector will provide 65,000 Aucklanders each weekday with quicker, more reliable bus travel between Newmarket and CBD and key locations such as, the University Learning Quarter, Auckland City Hospital, the Medical School and Auckland Doman. It will also link bus passengers with trains and buses at Britomart, ferries in Downtown, bus lanes on Khyber Pass Road and future rail connections on Park Road.
