Lower North Island/Upper South Island - Planned state highway roadworks

Important information for drivers.

Lower North Island

• In Wellington, southbound night closures are planned for State Highway 1 Ngauranga Gorge on Sunday and Monday nights. Night closures are also scheduled for the State Highway 1 urban motorway from 9 February.

• • Reminder: Southbound closures next week for State Highway 1 Ngauranga Gorge
  • Full night closures planned for Wellington State Highway 1 Urban Motorway 

• Drivers heading in and out of the Wellington CBD must be ready for nighttime maintenance closures for the Arras and Mount Victoria Tunnels. The Arras Tunnel will be closed on Sunday night and  Mount Victoria on Monday night between 9 pm  and 5:30 am. Drivers must use alternate routes and allow more time for their journeys.

• • 2024/2025 SH1 Wellington Tunnels Maintenance Closures (external link)

• Recent wet weather means additional night closures are needed to complete resurfacing work on State Highway 2 between Masterton and Carterton.

• • Update: New dates set for State Highway 2 Masterton to Carterton resurfacing

• There will be a full closure of State Highway 53 on Saturday for the Martinborough Fair. The highway will be closed in Martinborough to all traffic between Broadway Street and Memorial Square from 5 am to 6.30 pm.

• Those who travel regularly between Wellington and Wairarapa can expect more traffic on State Highway 2 and the Remutaka Hill, with a KiwiRail maintenance closure planned for the Wairarapa Line. The line is closed until 10 February 2025.

• • Rail Line Upgrades (Metlink) (external link)

Top of the South Island

• Summer maintenance is in full swing in Marlborough

• • Update: State Highway 1, Weld Pass night-works
  • State Highway pavement works – Taimate and Seddon
  • Reminder: State Highway 1 Blenheim roundabout resurfacing to begin next week

• Resilience work is about to begin on State Highway 1 at Dashwood

• • Improving resilience on State Highway 1 in Marlborough

• In Nelson/Tasman, night closures are planned  for State Highway 6 Whangamoa from 23 February, and resilience work is due to begin at State highway 6 Dellows Bluff on 10 February

• • Keeping State Highway 6 in tip top shape – night closures planned for February
  • Rockfall protection and slip repair work at State Highway 6 Dellows Bluff

The details below outline the main planned state highway roadworks occurring in the greater Wellington region and the top of the South Island over the coming week (from Saturday 1 Feburary).

View/download the planned state highway roadworks for the Lower North Island/Upper South Island [PDF, 316 KB]

NOTE: Roadworks are dependent on weather and other factors. Bad weather can see work postponed to the next suitable night in the works programme.

Further details about regional state highway conditions and roadworks are also published on our website:

• Wellington roadworks(external link)
• Wellington Transport Alliance(external link)
• Nelson/Marlborough traffic updates(external link)
• Tasman traffic updates(external link)