With many motorists expecting to take an extra day and have another long weekend to encompass Anzac Day and the school holidays, Waikato and Bay of Plenty roads are expected to be busier than normal.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising drivers that night closures and detours on SH1C at Te Rapa will continue until mid-May, as resurfacing of the single-laned sections of the road is taking longer than expected to complete.
NZTA is reminding motorsport fans heading to Taupō for the Supercars Championship tomorrow to plan ahead and be prepared for heavy traffic on the roads as people and vehicles converge on the central North Island.
Three partial days of closures are planned for a stretch of State Highway 3 through Awakino Gorge from late this month while road maintenance is carried out.
Stop/go traffic management will be in place on State Highway 3 at the Princess Street intersection from next Sunday (21 April) as crews enter the final stages of roundabout construction.
Motorsport fans heading to Taupō for the Supercars Championship later this month should plan ahead and be prepared for heavy traffic on the roads as people and vehicles converge on the central North Island.
A reminder to road users that two nights of work will take place from Monday on a stretch of State Highway 2 between Pan Pac Whirinaki and Tutira Store, north of Napier.
A stretch of State Highway 51 will be closing for six days later this month for road widening and sealing, as the safety improvements project enters its final phase.
Road users are advised there will be overnight closures and traffic reduced to a single lane on State Highway 2 through the Karangahake Gorge from mid-April.
The new roundabout at the intersection of State Highway 1 and State Highway 29, Piarere, is taking shape with much of the main foundation work now complete.