Our project portfolio encompasses the range of private and public sectors. We work for central government agencies, local authorities, developers and private clients throughout New Zealand. Our clients' objectives are wide and varied, however all have interests that depend on transportation, access, circulation and layout.

The projects we undertake are as diverse as those who commission them. They range from the complex planning needed to manage the transportation requirements of special events to planning consent applications for developments in urban and rural settings from North Cape to Bluff.

Our involvement ranges from retail and commercial projects, primary industry projects to leisure and recreation developments. Studies range from motorway planning, to the design of local streets, intersections, bus lanes, pedestrian crossings and cycle lanes.

Some examples of our work are available here.

  • Makara Wind Farm - Wellington (0 photos)

    TDG first began work on the Makara Wind Farm for ECNZ in 1997.  TDG were then re-engaged by Meridian Energy to assess a vastly improved scheme, named Project West Wind, in 2005. The new proposal included more efficient wind turbines, a more sensitive layout, and the innovative logistics solution of a temporary wharf on the Makara Coast, meaning the oversize turbine component wouldn’t use public roads.  However the...

  • Positively Wellington Waterfront (5 photos)

    Wellington’s waterfront has undergone a substantial transformation in the last 20 years and TDG has been there throughout, enabling high quality pedestrian spaces to be created alongside a range of building developments. From one end of the waterfront to the other, these developments include the Shed 21 apartments, Meridian Building (Property Council of NZ Green Building of the Year), Kumototo Plaza, Union Steamship Building, Shed 5 restaurant, Queens...

  • New Plymouth Transport Strategy (1 photos)

    TDG was New Plymouth District Council’s and NZTA’s appointed consultant for the recent New Plymouth Transport Study.  The purpose of the study was to develop a long-term strategy for upgrading the district’s road network to cater for future traffic volumes and to develop a traffic plan for managing the existing road network. The project took account of the key objectives of sustainability, support for economic development, integration with...

  • Wellington Inner City Bypass (1 photos)

    TDG’s involvement in the development of Wellington’s Inner City Bypass spans some 22 years, beginning with early evaluations of a motorway extension. While the form of the design has changed from what was originally planned, the objective remained to enhance the CBD by relocating through traffic further away, and providing a convenient route for traffic from the eastern and southern suburbs, including the airport and the hospital, to...

  • Papamoa East Modena (2 photos)

    This project involves a new town providing for the living, working and recreational needs for up to 12,500 people.  It required a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the interaction of local street networks, pedestrian, cyclist and public transport networks and developed sustainable new town living, working and play environments based on a bottom up approach to accessibility.     Transport planning for the area included the integration of community facilities...

  • Brancott Heritage Centre (2 photos)

    Traffic Design Group provided advice to Pernod Ricard NZ as to how to safely manage visitor traffic across a very large working vineyard to the site of the iconic Heritage Centre overlooking the vineyard, some 1.2km from Brancott Road. This newly opened facility provides a state of the art cellar door, café and function room facility from a hill-top site offering panoramic views over the vineyard...

  • Te Uku Wind Farm Road Trip (2 photos)

    On Monday 13 December 2010, Ryan Dunn from the Wellington office was invited on a road trip aboard a large wind turbine transporter, delivering a top tower section from the Port of Auckland to Meridian’s Te Uku wind farm site near Raglan. The completed Te Uku wind farm will consist of 28 Siemens 2.3 megawatt wind turbines, giving a total combined capacity of 64 megawatts, capable of powering...

  • Tauriko Bypass Microsimulation Modelling (1 photos)

    TDG was asked by NZTA to develop a microsimulation model of the Tauriko business park and its intersections with the Pyes Pa Bypass and SH29, at the southern end of Tauranga. The objective was to identify the effects of the proposed Tauriko Bypass, which will redirect SH29 around the village of Tauriko, on the slowly developing business park. The outcome from our initial brief was that...

  • Kelly Tarlton's Shark Diving Cage (2 photos)

    Kelly Tarlton's currently operate a shark diving activity inside the site where participants are lowered into the shark tank inside a cage. In April 2010 they proposed to add a mobile stall that would sit along the well used footpath along Tamaki Drive. The stall would access a hatch in the footpath and people would be able to undertake the shark diving experience from the stall...

  • Geometric Design: Hastings Home HQ (5 photos)

    Hastings Home HQ is a new Large Format Retail (‘LFR”) development that occupies the former Nelson Park site. This park had previously held athletic, rugby union and league sporting events, had a covered seated grandstand and supporting ancillary infrastructure. The land was purchased in 2008 by Charter Hall (an Australian land development company) who was granted resource consent in 2009 to establish a $50 million LFR development. Since...

  • Seeka Kiwifruit, Bay of Plenty (5 photos)

    In March 2010 the Tauranga office was involved in a project for Seeka Kiwifruit which presented challenges in terms of assessing expected traffic generation. It soon became apparent that there was a need to focus on a sustainable approach, in short attempting to get more out of the existing network: Seeka Kiwifruit is one of the major players in the kiwifruit industry in the Bay of Plenty....

  • Massey North Town Centre (Auckland) (5 photos)

    Over the past two decades, greater Auckland has been subject to a process of growth management facilitated through various strategic and legislative documents. An over-arching objective has been to manage the growth of Auckland in a higher density, centres-based manner consistent with the Auckland Regional Growth Strategy. Effect is given to this strategy through a series of layers of control including the Local Government Amendment (Auckland) Act,...

  • Blenheim parking study (1 photos)

    Traffic Design Group has been commissioned by Marlborough District Council to undertake a fresh parking study for the Blenheim Central area, following up on the recent delivery of a similar study and recommendations for Picton. This follows recent urban design studies for each of these local centres, and significant changes to the parking resource within Blenheim’s central area over the past few years since the last parking...

  • Wiri Men's Prison (3 photos)

    Traffic Design Group’s involvement in the transport matters associated with a Change in Designation assisted the Environmental Protection Authority’s Board of Inquiry in reaching its recent decision to confirm the designation sought by the Department of Corrections for its new Men’s Prison at Wiri, South Auckland. In parallel with the Board’s hearings process, Traffic Design Group was also selected as the Department’s transportation advisor for its Public Private...