Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is giving Waikato and Bay of Plenty motorists an early heads up on some key pieces of work scheduled for early in the new year.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises chipsealing and construction works will continue on the Eastern Bay of Plenty network next week in the Rotorua, Whakatāne and Ōpōtiki Districts.
A partnership between Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū Tararua Highway project and the Universal College of Learning (UCOL) is providing local people with training and employment opportunities on a major infrastructure project.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is reminding motorists that multiple worksites are active on State Highway 30/Te Ngae Road, between Sala Street and Iles Road, in Rotorua next week, as part of the Eastern Corridor project.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises motorists that passing lanes at Maramarua on State Highway 2 will be closed for safety reasons during busy Christmas and New Year holiday travel periods.
State Highway 27 south of Matamata will be detoured from 10 January 2022 to 14 April 2022 to allow for the completion of new stretches of road either side of the new bridge being built over the Mangawhero Stream.
From Monday 20 December the speed limit of a 600m section of State Highway 2 in the Karangahake Gorge, between Crown Hill Road and school Road, will be temporarily reduced to 50km/h.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that bridge-strengthening work on State Highway 2 (SH2) through the Waioeka Gorge will be taking place from early January 2022.
State Highway 35 is closed between Ōpōtiki and Waihau Bay in the eastern Bay of Plenty due to flooding and multiple slips, caused by heavy rain in the area.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises overnight repair work will take place on State Highway 3 and State Highway 30 in Te Kuiti on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 December.