Severe congestion is expected tomorrow, Monday 12 February, due to the sudden closure of a section of State Highway 29A near Oropi for emergency work, combined with a lane closure on Totara Street for Tauranga City Council road rebuilding work.
Up to 4 nights of additional overnight road closures are required for asphalting works on State Highway 2 at Wharerātā early next week, after this work had to be deferred due to wet weather and equipment failure.
A community survey on the ongoing closure and potential options at the State Highway 1B Telephone Road rail crossing has shown strong interest and a range of views on the future of the crossing.
As work continues to build back a stretch of State Highway 1 at Utiku, between Mangaweka and Taihape, round the clock stop/go traffic management will come into effect from tomorrow (Thursday 8 February).
State Highway 1 has reopened earlier than expected today between Taupō and Tūrangi and remains fully open tomorrow, Waitangi Day, under a reduced speed limit due to the unsealed surface.
Work will begin later this week to make a dangerous section of State Highway 1 East Taupō Arterial safer, with the construction of median barriers at the Centennial Drive interchange.
State Highway 1 travellers will see some major changes as work continues to bring the Ngāruawāhia section of the Waikato Expressway up to 110km/h standard.
The poor weather forecast is impacting planned work on State Highway 1 (SH1) near Halletts Bay, between Taupō and Tūrangi, and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi advises a change to road closure times.