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

Important information for drivers.

Lower North Island

• There will be five nights of planned road maintenance closures on State Highway 2 Remutaka Hill in April.
  • Night closures planned next month for State Highway 2 Remutaka Hill
• Drivers can expect northbound lane closures and detours on State Highway 1 between Glenside and Johnsonville on Tuesday and Wednesday night.
  • Night closures planned for State Highway 1 Johnsonville - Glenside for resurfacing works 
• Cuba Dupa is underway this weekend in the Wellington CBD. Cuba Street will be  closed between Ghuznee Street and SH1 Vivian Street from midnight on Friday until 3 am Monday morning. 
• Resurfacing work is planned for State Highway 1 Cobham Drive and Calabar Drive in mid-April.
  • Maintenance works coming for State Highway 1 Kilbirnie/Miramar
• Wellington Water has confirmed its traffic management plans for its Western Sewer Rehabilitation Project next month. Work is expected to take place 24/7 for two weeks from 12 April. Traffic management will be in place from Melling Link and Kennedy Good Bridge. One northbound lane will be closed and speed limits will be reduced.
  •  UPDATE: Western Hills Sewer Main Rehabilitation(external link)
• KiwiRail will also be completing infrastructure upgrades on its network in April during the school, Easter, and ANZAC holidays, which will affect passenger and public transport services. More details about this work and its impact can be found on the Metlink website:
  • Metlink - public transport around the region over Easter weekend and ANZAC weekend(external link)

Top of the South Island

• Road reconstruction work on State Highway 6 at Pelorus continues until mid-April.
  •  UPDATE: State Highway summer maintenance continues in Marlborough (SH6 Pelorus works extended) 
• Bridge inspections are ongoing until the end of March across the top of the South Island, and Marlborough drivers are urged to take extra care on the region’s roads as the grape harvesting season continues.
  •  Bridge inspections planned this month for the Top of the South
  •  Grape News! Drivers urged to be ready for Marlborough grape harvest
• Resilience works continue at Higgins Bluff, near Murchison, on the Shenandoah Highway, State Highway 6 at Dellows Bluff will return two lanes at the slip site in April, and there will be a brief closure of State Highway 6 Lower Buller Gorge on Thursday.
  • Rock scaling works - State Highway 65, Higgins Bluff
  • State Highway 6 Dellows Bluff – containers removed early next month
  • Lower Buller Gorge rock blasting next Thursday – two-hour closure

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, 29 March).

Weekly roadworks list as at 28 March 2025 [PDF, 346 KB]

Note: Road works 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
• Nelson/Marlborough traffic updates(external link)
• Tasman traffic updates(external link)