The Birdcage Tavern was last month returned to its original site after being moved in 2010 to accommodate the construction of the new Victoria Park motorway tunnel in Auckland, New Zealand. The 600-tonne hotel was shifted 44m by a series of hydraulic jacks. The 450m long Victoria Park Tunnel Project is one of the seven roads of national significance. Construction of the tunnel will eliminate the last serious traffic bottleneck on the central motorway junction between the Auckland Harbour Bridge and the Newmarket Viaduct. The tunnel will take three northbound traffic lanes and two of the three tunnel lanes should be ready for use early, in November.
