Important information for drivers.
Lower North Island
- There will be night closures for Wellington’s State Highway tunnels on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights. The closures will run from 9 pm to 4:30 am. The Terrace Tunnel will be closed Monday, Mt Victoria Tunnel on Tuesday, and the Arras Tunnel on Wednesday.
- Drivers can expect detours with the southbound offramp on State Highway 1 into Johnsonville closed for four weeks of night works starting this Sunday.
- A major rebuild of SH1 at the Raumati Straights is ongoing until early December
- Looking ahead, five nights of closures are planned for State Highway maintenance on State Highway 2 Masterton to Carterton from 17 November.
Top of the South Island
- Maintenance closures continue on State Highway 60 Tākaka Hill
- Four weeks of road works begin on State Highway 6 at Canvastown from Monday
- Coming up, there will be resurfacing work on Commercial Street in Tākaka, with 10 nights of closures planned from 17 to 28 November.
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, 9 November).
View/download the planned state highway roadworks for the Lower North Island/Upper South Island [PDF, 337 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:
