Night-time detours on SH1 - Ngāruawāhia

Night-time travellers will again be on detours around the Waikato Expressway works at Ngāruawāhia over the next fortnight as the big push continues to get the highway open this month.

This section of State Highway 1 (SH1) has been fully closed during the past 2 weeks, opening at weekends, while NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi contractors complete remedial and safety improvements.

Night works are now required to complete asphalt work, final surfacing, barrier installation and line-marking, with all traffic off the road.

The SH1 Ngāruawāhia section will be closed overnight on these dates:

• From 7pm Sunday 8 December until 5am Friday 13 December

• From 7pm Sunday 15 December until 5am Friday 20 December.

Depending on weather and progress the night closures may finish earlier in that second week.

Meanwhile, outside these closures all traffic remains on the northbound lanes with 3 detours in place until completion.

• The southbound onramp at the Taupiri/Gordonton Road interchange is closed until works finish.
• The southbound offramp to SH1C is closed until works finish.
• Northbound SH1C traffic is required to exit at Lake Road, head south on SH1 to turn around at Resolution Interchange and proceed north.

All lanes will open after final inspections are completed in the lead-up to Christmas.

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