New Zealand

Road construction in New Zealand

After approximately five years of successful operations on the other side of the world, the chapter “Mt. Messenger New Zealand” is closed. On behalf of Doppelmayr New Zealand | MTMA, LCS designed, supplied, and operated a material ropeway with a 20 t payload capacity at the Taranaki site in New Zealand.

LCS cable crane system for the construction of a bypass road

As part of the construction of a new 6 km bypass road between Uruti and Ahititi – replacing the existing steep, narrow, and winding route over Mt. Messenger – LCS provided a cable crane system that ensured an efficient, sustainable, and safe approach to the project’s logistical challenges. The system provided access to a large embankment dam at the entrance to the planned tunnel. Following the successful completion of the dam construction, the ropeway was fully dismantled and returned to Lorüns.

Special features: Challenging mountain terrain in New Zealand with difficult site access. Upon completion of the works, the entire system was dismantled and shipped back to Austria by sea – a logistically demanding process spanning multiple continents.

LCS was responsible for planning, engineering, manufacturing, logistics & mobilisation, installation, commissioning, as well as dismantling and return transport of the system – from the initial concept in 2021 through to final repatriation to Lorüns.

Client

Doppelmayr New Zealand

Project Owner

Mt. Messenger Alliance

Location

New Zealand

Project duration

ca. 15 months

Total Length

1068 m

Slope

~ 11 %