More road improvements are coming for Wairarapa with three major road rebuild projects and resurfacing works planned over the next three months.
Work is planned for Greytown, Carterton, and Masterton from April through until mid-June, weather permitting.
These will be road rebuild works and will require the highway to be excavated and constructed with three layers of structural asphalt. Because it is not safe for vehicles to drive on an excavated work site, one-way road closures will be required.
Roxanne Hilliard, Wellington Alliance Manager, says Wairarapa is a priority.
“We have allocated $8 million to complete the road rebuilds this season. This is a significant investment to improve the region’s highways,” Ms. Hilliard says.
She says feedback from the community has been clear.
“People want to see the highways in much better shape. They want safer, smoother roads, and no potholes. This is exactly what this work aims to deliver but it will be disruptive.”
Ms. Hilliard says people should think of it like maintaining your house.
“Road resurfacing is a bit like repainting. It renews the road and makes it more weatherproof.”
“Road rebuilds are a step up. Like replacing rotten weatherboards or failing cladding, it requires more work and takes longer to complete. But at the end of it, you have a much longer lasting and durable fix,” Ms. Hilliard says.
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The Greytown works are due to start, weather permitting, on Monday 28 April and will continue until Friday 9 May.
Ms. Hilliard says a northbound closure and local road detours will be in place, 24/7, while the work is underway.
“Work crews will be working around the clock. The work is also being staged in four sections to reduce the overall duration businesses and residents are affected by the project.”
“While these works are happening in Greytown, we are also relocating the pedestrian crossing currently at Greytown Library/100A Main Street to outside Mrs Blackwell’s Bookshop and Sharlari Lingerie because where it is now is unsafe. It’s expected these works will continue for an additional one to two weeks after the road rebuild works are completed,” Ms. Hilliard says.
While the project is underway, there will be no on-street parking available, and restrictions on vehicle access to properties and businesses in the project area. However, businesses will remain open and pedestrian access to them will remain available at all times.
More information about the Wairarapa rebuilds can be found on our website:
Additional work is also planned for the region in April and May that the public need to be aware of and to plan for.
