The NZ Transport Agency wants to talk to the local community about making a further two sections of State Highway 3 safer for everyone who uses the busy road.
Road resurfacing at the single-lane Awakino Tunnel will see the tunnel closed from approximately 10pm on Sunday 25 June through to 4am on Monday 26 June.
The deck replacement project on State Highway 2 Pekatahi Bridge is complete and the road is open today, however a detour will remain in place around the Waimana Gorge site until early next week.
People using State Highway 29 over the Kaimai Range during the next two weeks are being warned that there will be considerable delays and they should allow extra time for their journeys.
The NZ Transport Agency and its Mt Messenger Alliance partners have developed revised options for the Mt Messenger bypass section of the Awakino Gorge to Mt Messenger state highway improvement programme.
Fieldays gets underway this week from early Wednesday morning through to the end of Saturday and we are urging people to plan their journeys before they leave.
Crews have been working hard to clear the slips in Waimana Gorge and complete the redecking project on Pekatahi Bridge after both parts of State Highway 2 were affected by Cyclones Cook and Debbie.
Flexible road safety barriers on SH30, between Awakeri and Te Teko, have prevented a car from leaving the road and crashing into a deep ditch, allowing the driver to walk away without sustaining any injuries.