Overnight detours on Ngāruawāhia section

There will be overnight works and detours on the Ngāruawāhia section of the Waikato Expressway leading up to the holidays when the site will be returned to two lanes in each direction.

Milling and filling south-bound and asphalting works north-bound will be done under closures, which will also see the steel temporary safety barriers moved out of the way for the Christmas-New Year holiday period.

The closures are:

• South-bound - 14-15 December between 7pm and 5am
• North-bound - 18-19-20 December between 7pm and 5am

From 21 December the Ngāruawāhia section will be back to two lanes in each direction with a speed restriction of 70km/h through the work site.

Since this project started in October there have been programme delays due to wet weather and unplanned additional time required to complete pavement construction trials.

During the closure to shift the temporary barriers, the detour routes are as follows:

• Light vehicles, General Access and 50MAX: via the old state highway through Ngāruawāhia, between Gordonton Road and Horotiu interchanges. It will be clearly sign-posted and add about five minutes to journey times.
• HPMVs: via SH1B, including the local road detour at Telephone Road.
• Over-weight vehicles; via SH2/27, under an existing Overweight permit.

Read more about Ngāruawāhia remedial and safety works [PDF, 1.2 MB]