Waka Kotahi NZ Transport agency advises that Tauranga road users should expect significant delays this afternoon due to an incident at the railway on Hewletts Road.
Winter weather impacts continue to cause sporadic issues across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highway network, with rain, wind and snow all making their presence felt in recent weeks.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises that State Highway 23 – the road to Raglan – will have temporary speed limits and some stop/go traffic management in place from Monday 31 July through to the end of September.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises that from 7pm Friday 4 August to 6am Monday 7 August, contractors will be commissioning the new traffic lights at the Fifteenth Avenue/ SH2 intersection.
Over the next six to eight weeks Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will introduce temporary speed reductions for sections of State Highway 25 (SH25) to manage safety risks due to an increase in traffic.
From Wednesday 26 July, a section of SH2/Maunganui Road at ground level will be temporarily closed overnight for northbound traffic, as construction continues as part of the Bay Link project.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises that roadside drainage work is coming up soon on State Highway 2, which involves a shoulder closure and speed reduction between Clarke Road and Te Puna Road.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises that State Highway 30 south of Kōpaki will close for two days on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 July to install a culvert prior to repairing a slip.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises road users that the 24/7 temporary traffic management at the SH30/33 intersection has been removed for the long weekend to ease the flow of traffic.
State Highway 25 has re-opened to two lanes this afternoon following the final clean-up of the large slip at Ruamahanga Bay and a smaller slip at Waiomu between Thames and Coromandel. Temporary speed limits are in place.