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.
State Highway 1 travellers will see some changes ahead as work continues to bring the Ngāruawāhia section of the Waikato Expressway up to 110km/h standard.
The installation of median barrier on 2 sections of State Highway 2 between Waihī and Ōmokoroa is being re-examined by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
Drivers are advised to plan ahead for the final resurfacing stage of the Te Rapa section of SH1C Waikato Expressway, from the Te Wetini Dr/Wairere Dr overbridge near Wintec through to the Horotiu Interchange.