Another milestone has been reached in the Southern Pipeline harbour crossing project, with 1.6km of steel pipe successfully being pulled the full distance under the harbour, surfacing at Matapihi at 3pm on Saturday 28 July.

A major milestone for the Southern Pipeline harbour crossing project is close to being completed, with the outer steel pipe nearly installed under the harbour between Memorial Park and Matapihi.

A short period of 24-hour work is about to begin on Southern Pipeline harbour crossing project. Subject to specialist equipment arriving on-site, this work is likely to begin Friday, 20 July.

Ongoing challenges of drilling deep under the harbour have pushed out the expected completion date for the Southern Pipeline Harbour Crossing project.

A series of challenges has slowed progress on the Southern Pipeline harbour crossing project, with a possibility that the final phase of construction work will extend into the new year.

Work on the Southern Pipeline Harbour Crossing is entering its final stages, with the last phase of reaming now underway.

The drilling phase of the Southern Pipeline Harbour Crossing project is now complete.

Work was today resuming on the Southern Pipeline.

At 9am this morning Tauranga City Council stopped work on the Southern Pipeline harbour crossing because mud used for drilling seeped through loose ground and reached the low tide harbour surface on the Memorial Park side.