It should be smooth travelling over the holiday season as people will be able to drive on a number of newly sealed roads, with contractors across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty continuing to make great progress as the holiday season approaches.
The NZ Transport Agency, Waka Kotahi, and Auckland Transport are urging people to plan ahead with the possibility of significant disruptions on key roads across the North Island tomorrow morning.
It's official, summer has started! The change of season and the build up to Christmas means the road renewals season is almost at the halfway point, with great progress being made across the regions.
Temporary detour signage for the State Highway 1B Telephone Road rail crossing closure east of Hamilton will soon be replaced with fixed signs to lower costs while the long-term future of the crossing is decided.
Remedial works on State Highway 1 at Rangiriri are coming to an end but there are still two weeks of repairs before all four lanes are open to traffic.
The Cameron Road/Fifteenth Avenue intersection will be closed to traffic at nights from 6pm Sunday 26 November to 6am Thursday, 30 November for work to resurface the intersection. The closure is expected to be in place for four nights (weather dependent).
20 November update: Despite some pretty poor weather this week, the Bay Link project team have finished the SH29A works ahead of schedule and the advertised closure will not be required tonight.
Contractors doing remedial works on State Highway 1 at Rangiriri continue to find more work is needed but will have an off-ramp open by tomorrow to assist the local community.
While the sun continues to shine, road workers across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty have been able to make significant progress across a number of worksites.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has confirmed that State Highway 25A between Kōpū and Hikuai will be re-open to traffic in time for Christmas – a full three months earlier than anticipated.
A week of warm, largely settled, weather has allowed road workers across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty region to make good progress across a number of sites.
