Overnight rockscaling will be taking place on State Highway 2 just north of Waikare Gorge Bailey Bridge over the weekend, following a slip earlier this week.
Stop/stop traffic management (where traffic is held in both directions) will be in place from 9pm to 5am each night – from tonight (Friday) 26 July to Sunday 28 July.
The rockfall occurred overnight on Tuesday, blocking both lanes.
Acting System Manager Ray Edwards says the slip was quickly cleared and the road opened to a single lane with traffic management and a lower speed in place.
“However, a subsequent assessment by geotechnical engineers has found additional rocks which need to be removed as soon as possible.
“The emergency works are critical to ensuring we can get this section of SH2 back to two lanes as quickly and as safely as possible.
“Please expect delays of up to 30 minutes as a result of the works. We’re aware this work will cause significant delays and we hope that by doing it at night, we may be able to minimise disruption to people’s travel,” says Mr Edwards.
