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Vector tunnel project

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Vector tunnel project

Workers celebrate the completion of the Vector tunnel in 2000, which takes power cables from Penrose to Hobson St in central Auckland. As cities become more clogged with roads and housing, there is increasing pressure to move infrastructure such as power underground.

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Jock Phillips, Bridges and tunnels – Road and utility tunnels, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23659/vector-tunnel-project (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 10 March 2010, updated 1 August 2024.