Cableway planned to transport workers, machines on Mt Messenger bypass build

From Morning Report, 8:54 am on 17 May 2022

Later this year, motorists travelling over Mt Messenger on State Highway 3 in Taranaki could get a fleeting glimpse of 20-tonne digger seemingly flying through mid-air.

Waka Kotahi is about to build a one kilometre cableway at the summit to transport workers, material and heavy equipment into the centre of its Mt Messenger Bypass site.

Photo:

Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.