SH57/SH1 to Shannon

We've made the following safety improvements:

• Safety barriers to prevent vehicles hitting something much less forgiving, like a tree or deep ditch.
• Wide centrelines to provide greater separation between vehicles.
• Rumble strips to give drivers a wake-up call if they stray across the white line.
• Wider sealed shoulder at the side of the road to give recovery room for drivers who drift out of their lane or lose control.
• Relocated power poles

We also worked to improve safety for people on the road around the Garden of York shop with:   

• A wider sealed shoulder at the side of the road
• A new turning bay to make it easier to turn right into the Garden of York
• Improved stormwater management to cover deep culverts and improve safety on the road shoulders.

Further work to improve safety on State Highway 57 is being undertaken between State Highway 1 and Levin through the Ōtaki to North of Levin project.

Check out the Ōtaki to North of Levin project in further detail