The Ruakura Superhub is 610 Hectares. With the first stage under construction being 92 Hectares.
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How big is the Ruakura Superhub?
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Where is the Ruakura Superhub located?
Located at the nexus of the golden triangle between Auckland and Tauranga. Ruakura is 4km from the Hamilton CBD.
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How long will the Ruakura Superhub take to complete?
The first stage of the Ruakura Superhub opened in the third quarter of 2022. The Superhub was first envisioned as a 30-year project but could now reach full development in 20 years.
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Who can lease land at the Ruakura Superhub?
Anyone can lease the land. For any leasing enquiries please refer to this link. https://www.ruakura.co.nz/leasing-now/
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Are there any job opportunities at the Ruakura Superhub?
Yes, please keep an eye on our website
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What is the environmental impact of the Ruakura Superhub?
There are many environmental improvements that the Ruakura Superhub will have on the Waikato region and the greater area. Please refer to this link for more information.
It’s worth noting that the NZ Govt has set aspirational goals for NZ to become carbon neutral by 2050 and the transport sector accounts for something like 17% of NZ’s total emissions. Moving volumes of cargo from road to rail is a key plank to the Govt’s approach to reducing emissions from within the transport sector.
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How is the Ruakura Superhub funded
The investment required to develop Ruakura will involve a variety of ownership structures, partnerships, joint ventures, borrowing, and some public investment in infrastructure.
In 2020 Ruakura was approved for the Provincial Growth Fund and the “shovel ready funding” form the government.
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Will the number of trains using the East Coast Main Trunk line increase once the inland port opens?
Initially, no – the Inland Port will be better utilising the same MetroPort trains which use the ECMT currently, travelling between POT and MetroPort in Auckland.
Trains will stop at Ruakura as required to load/unload containers at Ruakura Inland Port. In an estimated five years or so, some dedicated ‘point to point’ trains may start replacing some of the Metroport trains but this won’t necessarily generate significantly more train services as it will be mostly replacing existing services.
Further out, in the longer term there is a likelihood of increased container volumes and numbers of trains.
Given the projected population growth within and across the Golden Triangle, it is likely we will see more rail movement across our rail infrastructure – both for freight and passengers in the long term.
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Will the train volume impact the crossings on Peachgrove Road and Grey St?
The site will initially be serviced by existing Metroport trains, so as such the numbers won’t change and the impact on these crossings will not change for a number of years.
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Can we expect bigger/longer trains to be passing through Hamilton?
We are not aware of any plans to increase the length of KiwiRail’s freight trains, as current trains are run at the maximum available length of the rail tracks at the Port of Tauranga and also trains must not get too long to fit into the crossing loops on the existing network. A lot of investment would be required to increase the length of the trains.
Questions about future plans for Te Huia service would need to be directed to Hamilton City Council, Waikato Regional Council, Waikato District Council or your local MP.