Important information for drivers.
Lower North Island
- Night closures begin this Sunday for resurfacing work on State Highway 1 between Newlands and Tawa, resurfacing work is also planned for the Wellington urban motorway, and the final phase of road surface grip improvements will be completed on State Highway 2 near Petone
- The first night closures of the year are coming for State Highway 2 Remutaka Hill
- Round The Bays will see runners hit Wellington roads this Sunday. It will require road closures for State Highway 1 while the event is underway. The highway will be closed to southbound traffic between the Troy Street roundabout and Cobham Drive. It will also be closed in both directions between Kilbirnie Crescent and the Troy Street roundabout. The closures will be in place between 7:30 am and 12:30 pm. Drivers travelling on roads near or affected by the event are asked to take extra care when using local road detours and when driving near the event’s participants and spectators.
Top of the South Island
- Resilience works planned for State Highway 1 at Dashwood have been rescheduled, as have resurfacing works on State Highway 6 at Havelock, and a road rebuild is planned for early next month on State Highway 1 at Grovetown.
- In Nelson/Tasman, line marking is planned for State Highway 6 Hope Saddle on Wednesday and Thursday nights, between 9 pm and 5 am (finishes 5 am Friday) . Because the highway is narrow over the Hope Saddle, the work will be done under 30-minute stop/stop traffic management to ensure the safety of road crews and drivers. After each 30-minutes of line marking work, the highway will reopen to clear queued traffic. It means drivers can expect 30-minute delays travelling through the area while this work is underway.
- There has also been a minor change to traffic management plans for State Highway 6 Dellows Bluff near Murchison on Saturday. Stop/Stop traffic controls will no longer be in place as originally scheduled.
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 15 February).
View/download the planned state highway roadworks for the Lower North Island/Upper South Island [PDF, 283 KB]
NOTE: Roadworks 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:
