A signposted detour will be in place Friday night (26 July), as a stretch of Hawke’s Bay Expressway is to close for maintenance.
State Highway 2 / Hawke’s Bay Expressway will be closed between Longlands Road Roundabout and Flaxmere Avenue Roundabout from 8pm til 5am Saturday.
During the closure, Transport Rebuild East Coast (TREC) crews will be repairing median barriers, picking up litter and fixing signage.
The detour, which will also be suitable for heavy vehicles, will take northbound road users onto Maraekakaho Road and left onto York Road before rejoining the expressway. The detour will be in reverse for southbound travellers.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi and TREC acknowledge this closure is at short notice and we anticipate possible delays of between 5 and 10 minutes by taking the detour.
NZTA thanks all road users for their support.
