Important information for drivers.
Important information for drivers
- Staying safe on the roads is incredibly important. Truckies, and those who drive professionally, get to see all sorts of behaviour on the roads – and not all of it is good. Take some tips and advice from Chris Paki, a Fonterra tanker driver.
North Island
- Chip sealing works will be underway at various locations across Wellington and Wairarapa in November. It is essential drivers follow speed limits and obey traffic management when driving through work sites.
- Safety improvements and road reconstruction is underway on State Highway 2 near Mt Bruce.
- Regular users on State Highway 2, Remutaka Hill, need to be ready for planned night-time maintenance closures beginning this Sunday.
South Island
- Contractors are mowing grass at roundabouts and traffic islands on State Highway 6 through Nelson until 14 November. This will affect roundabouts at Beatson Road, Annesbrook Drive, Quarantine Road, and Link Road. Contractors will carry out the work between 7 pm and 5 am. Temporary speed limits will apply where mowing is being done and short travel delays can be expected.
- A closure is coming for State Highway 63, Renwick, later this month for a culvert replacement.
- Maintenance and resurfacing works continue until 24 November on State Highway 60, Tākaka Hill
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, 28 October).
Further details about regional state highway conditions and roadworks are also published on our website:
NOTE: Roadworks are dependent on weather and other factors. Bad weather can see work postponed to the next suitable night in the works programme.
Wellington, Porirua, Kāpiti, Hutt
State Highway 1
SH1 Wellington, Miramar, Calabar Road
- Monday, 4 am – 4 pm
- Lane closed for Wellington Electricity works
SH1 Wellington, Vivian Street, between Cuba & Tory Streets
- Monday to Tuesday, 8 pm – 7 am
- Lane closed to fix underground services lid
SH1 Johnsonville, Helston Overbridge
- Monday night, 7 pm - 5.30 am
- Electronic sign replacement
SH1 Mackays Crossing
- Saturday to Friday, 7 am – 5 pm
- Caution for works on local road
SH1 Transmission Gully, northbound offramp to SH58
- Monday night, 7 pm-5 am
- Stop/go for project works
Old SH1, Te Horo
- Monday to Thursday, 7.30 am-5 pm
- Stop/go traffic controls for chipsealing
Old SH1, Otaki River Bridge(external link)
- Monday to Friday, 9 am-4 pm
- Stop/go traffic controls for bridge assessment
SH1 North of Otaki to Manakau
- Monday to Thursday nights, 7 pm-5 am
- Various sites
- Stop/go traffic controls for safety improvements project
State Highway 59
State Highway 58
SH58 Haywards Hill Road(external link)
- Sunday night, 7 pm-5.30 am
- Stop/go traffic control for safety project
State Highway 2
SH2 Upper Hutt, Whakatiki Street, OFF-RAMP CLOSED
- Tuesday night, 10 pm-4 am
- Off-ramp CLOSED for traffic sensor installation
- Signposted detour via local roads
SH2 Upper Hutt, between Totara Park Road SH2 Fergusson Drive traffic lights, ROAD CLOSED
- Monday night, 9 pm-4.30 am
- Road CLOSED for traffic sensor installation
- Signposted detour via local roads
Remutaka Hill, ROAD CLOSED(external link)
- Sunday to Thursday nights, 9 pm-4 am
- Road CLOSED for essential maintenance
SH2 Remutaka Hill, Featherston side
- Saturday to Friday, day/night
- Stop/go traffic control for slip repairs
SH2 Ngauranga to Petone northbound, near Horokiwi Road
- Sunday to Thursday nights, 7 pm-5.30 am
- Lane closed for rockfall safety project
SH2 Upper Hutt, Totara Park Road
- Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 am-3 pm
- Altered lane layout for cell tower upgrade
Wairarapa state highways
State Highway 2
SH2 Waingawa, near Norfolk Road and Wiltons Road, ROAD CLOSED(external link)
- Sunday night, 7 pm-6 am
- Road CLOSED for asphalt resurfacing
- Signposted detour via local roads
SH2 Masterton to Carterton, safety improvement works(external link)
- Wednesday, 1 November to Thursday, 14 December, Sunday to Thursday nights, 8 pm to 6 am.
- Road surfacing works
- Contractors will begin to set up traffic management from 7 pm.
- While the work is underway, southbound traffic may have to detour via Cornwall Rd and Hughes Line.
SH2 Remutaka Hill, Featherston side
- Saturday to Friday, day/night
- Stop/go traffic control for slip repairs
SH2 Featherston, near Lyon Street
- Monday and Tuesday, 8 am-4.30 pm
- Altered lane layout for drainage work
North Carterton, near Park Road
- Monday to Friday during the day, 7.30 am-5 pm
- Altered lane layout for water main replacement
SH2 Masterton near Ngaumutawa Road
- Thursday night, 7 pm-6 am
- Stop/go traffic control for asphalt resurfacing
SH2 Kiriwhakapapa to Mt. Bruce
- Monday to Friday during the day, 8 am-4.30 pm
- Stop/go traffic control for barrier installation
SH2 North of Mt. Bruce(external link)
- Monday to Friday during the day, 7 am-6 pm
- Stop/go traffic control for pavement renewal
State Highway 53
Marlborough state highways
State Highway 1
SH1 Wharanui
- Monday and Tuesday, 7.30 am – 4 pm
- Pre-seal works
- Stop/Go traffic management
SH1 Taimate
- Tuesday and Wednesday,7.30 am – 4 pm
- Pre-seal works
- Stop/Go traffic management
Travellers going through Picton need to be aware of ongoing work on Dublin Street. A closure is in place until approximately March 2025, while a new overbridge and other infrastructure is built. More details can be found on the Marlborough District Council website and on the iRex project website
State Highway 6
SH6 Rai Saddle
- Monday to Friday, 7.30 am – 4 pm
- Drainage works
- Stop/Go traffic management
State Highway 63
SH63 Waihopai
- Thursday and Friday, 7.30 am – 4 pm
- Pre-seal works
- Stop/Go traffic management
State Highway 62
Nelson/Tasman state highways
State Highway 6
SH6 Kohatu
- Monday and Tuesday, 6 am-6 pm
- Traffic management: Stop/go 30km speed restrictions
- Chipseal operation (weather dependent)
SH6 Glenhope
- Tuesday to Friday, 6 am-6 pm
- Traffic management: Stop/go 30km speed restrictions
- Chipseal operation (weather dependent)
SH6 Rai Saddle(external link)
- Tuesday, 31 October to mid-December, Monday to Friday, 7 am - 6 pm
- Stop/go with a temporary speed limit of 30km/h
- Slip and rock fall repairs
- Drivers can expect short delays of up to 15 minutes
- No weekend works planned
SH6 Foxhill, Wakefield to Belgrove(external link)
- Monday, 9 October to Friday, 15 December. 7 am – 6 pm (Mon-Fri)
- Possibility of Saturday works at times as may be required
- Temporary Speed Limit of 30km/h. Road users can expect travel delays of around 15 minutes.
- Road reconstruction work
- During nights and weekends when no work is taking place, a 50km/h speed restriction will be in place
SH6 Whangamoa Hill, east of Wakapuaka Bridge
- Daily, 24/7
- Single lane closure with stop/go and 30 km/h traffic management,
- A shoulder closure will be in place at night.
- Slip repair works
- Expect short travel delays.
SH6 Dellow’s Bluff, Murchison
- 30 km/h speed restrictions. Road is open to two lanes
- Rockfall area
State Highway 65
No major works planned
State Highway 60
SH60 Tākaka Hill Night closures(external link)
- 29 October to 24 November, Sunday to Thursday 8 pm - 5:30 am
- Resurfacing, road repairs and general maintenance
- The road will be opened once each night of the closures. Vehicles travelling over the hill need to be at the Aaron Creek Road closure point by 12:30 am for eastbound travel or at the Riwaka Valley Road closure point by 1 am for westbound travel. Once queued traffic is clear the road will return to closed until 5:30 am
SH60 Tākaka between Waitapu Road and Haldane Rd (external link)
- 2 October to 15 November, 7 am – 6 pm
- Pavement Repairs
- Stop/go traffic management with 30km/h temporary speed restrictions
- Drivers can expect 10-minute delays
SH60 Motueka, Lyndhurst Drive to Parker St
- Stop/Go traffic management, local road detours and temporary speed restrictions
- Wastewater works – Tasman District Council project
- Short traffic delays expected
- Ongoing until May 2024(external link)
SH60 Bird’s Hill, Golden Bay
- Road is open to two lanes, 50km speed restriction.
- Road underslip work.
