A cyclone-damaged stretch of State Highway 2 (SH2) at Otoko Hill is being transformed, with work to stabilise the hillside and make the area more flood resilient ramping up over the coming months.
The project to resurface State Highway 1C, the Te Rapa section of the Waikato Expressway, is almost complete with work wrapping up on the four-laned stetch of the road over the next 10 days.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising caution on the roads around parts of Hawke’s Bay this evening as a severe thunderstorm watch is in place.
Right through the middle of the wetter and colder winter months, maintenance crews are out and about across the network on a regular basis, repairing issues or making areas safe as required.
Overnight rockscaling will be taking place on State Highway 2 just north of Waikare Gorge Bailey Bridge over the weekend, following a slip earlier this week.
Underslip repairs starting soon on State Highway 36, will require the highway to be fully closed during the day for 2 weeks between Mangorewa Gorge and Hamurana.
More than 1500 cubic metres of earth has been removed and almost 300 tonnes of concrete poured in the construction of Taranaki’s newest pedestrian underpass.