Lower North Island/Upper South Island - Planned state highway roadworks

Important information for drivers.

Weather Alerts:

• Spring is serving up more bad weather this weekend, with Strong Wind Warnings in place for the Marlborough, Wellington, Wairarapa, and Tararua Districts from Saturday afternoon. The Metservice is forecasting severe gale northwesterlies gusting to 120 km/h in exposed places.
• The bad weather will affect SH1, SH62, and SH63 in Marlborough, and SH1, SH2, SH58, SH59, and SH53 in Wellington, Kāpiti Coast, and Wairarapa. Road users, especially motorcyclists, light vehicles, trucks, and vans, must take extra care on exposed routes.
• Drivers should also be ready for hazards such as cross winds, tree falls, downed power lines, and wind-blown debris.
• Please check road and weather conditions before you travel:
  • Highway Conditions(external link)
  • Metservice Weather Warnings(external link)

Lower North Island:

• In the Hutt Valley, week two of  planned resurfacing and night works continues on State Highway 2
  • Nighttime resurfacing works continue next week – State Highway 2 Hutt Valley
• There will be night closures for regular tunnel maintenance on State Highway 1 in the Wellington CBD. The Terrace Tunnel will be closed on Monday night between 9 pm and 5;30 am. Then, on Tuesday night, the Mount Victoria Tunnel will also be closed from 9 pm to 5:30 am. Drivers will have to use local road detours and should allow for extra travel time.
  • Wellington Tunnels Maintenance Closures(external link)

Top of the South Island:

• Underslip repairs continue on State Highway 60 Tākaka Hill. From Monday, work crews will begin building the retaining wall. This involves lifting 12-15-metre-tall piles and sheets into place then driving them into the ground. This will occur between 7 am and 4 pm, Monday to Friday and the installation of the piles is expected to take approximately three weeks to complete.
  • State Highway 60 Tākaka Hill underslip repairs
• Guard rail repairs will be carried out at several sites on State Highway 1 between Picton and Blenheim next week. Drivers can expect short delays of around five minutes on the route and should allow extra time for their journeys.

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, 7 September). Further details about regional state highway conditions and roadworks are also published on our website:

• Wellington Roadworks(external link)
• Wellington Transport Alliance
• Nelson/Marlborough traffic updates(external link)
• Tasman traffic updates(external link)

View/download the planned state highway roadworks for the Lower North Island/Upper South Island [PDF, 306 KB]