The Ormondville Viaduct will be strengthened as part of the Rail Network Investment Programme, the Government has announced.
Transport Minister Michael Wood today released the first Rail Network Investment Programme (RNIP) - a $1.3 billion investment to improve and maintain rail lines across New Zealand over the next three years.
This includes strengthening the Ormondville Viaduct.
In the Hawke's Bay and Gisborne area, 12km of track gets new sleepers and there will be some re-railing, civil works to improve formation and drainage and new culverts.
However, the programme of work imay change as individual projects develop, KiwiRail says.