Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is advising of night works planned on State Highway 2 (SH2) near the Bayfair roundabout for three weeks starting Monday 26 September.
With a significant summer programme of work ahead for contractors across the Waikato & Bay of Plenty region, the start of October signals that the annual renewal programme is underway.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is advising drivers to take care and expect delays when travelling on state highways in Gisborne and the East Coast today, with crews at work clearing slips at a number of sites on the network.
A section of State Highway 3 at Awahuri will be closed during the day for three weeks in October to allow part of it to be rebuilt, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises.
Road renewals commence throughout the Waikato & Bay of Plenty region next week, with a number of contractors looking to make a head start on their programmes, weather permitting.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises State Highway 3 at Tangahoe, seven kilometres south of Hawera, is currently down to one lane due to an underslip that is undermining the southbound lane.
The Hikuai River Bridge on State Highway 25 between Tairua and the Pauanui turnoff will be closed to all traffic for a series of nights in October and November while the bridge deck is replaced.
With warmer temperatures and drier spells on the horizon, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is gearing up to deliver an unrivalled summer programme across the Tairāwhiti roading network.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises improvement works on State Highway 35 at Kopuaroa Hill and Tatapouri Hill will get underway from Tuesday 27 September.
Final finishing and clean-up work as part of the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Gisborne District Council asphalting programme will take place Tuesday 27 to Thursday 29 September from 7pm – 5am.
People in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti-Gisborne are asked to take particular care on the roads in coming days, with a severe thunderstorm watch for this afternoon giving way to heavy rain watches from tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon through into Friday.
Construction has started on a collection of three bridges that will cross the Te Hakao Minden Gully at Te Puna, as part of a major interchange being built for the Takitimu North Link project.
Waka Kotahi is advising that SH3 at Urenui remains reduced to a single lane under stop/go traffic management, due to a large slip north of Avenue Road.
Work to make State Highway 1 (SH1) Waikato Expressway safer at Tamahere is nearing completion, with two overnight closures planned to remove the temporary steel barriers.
The need to swiftly remove a tree next to the road means Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency needs to close a section of State Highway 2 for two days early next month.