A reminder that State Highway 1 (SH1) is fully closed weekdays at Ngāruawāhia while NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) contractors complete roadworks on this section of the Waikato Expressway.
The second week of closures starts on Sunday night.
The team is working day and night to get the remedial and safety improvements completed before Christmas.
All traffic has been detoured off this section of SH1 from midnight last Sunday 24 November to noon today Friday 29 November, and that will be repeated from midnight this Sunday 1 December until noon Friday 6 December.
Detours north and south add to travel times, especially at peak hours. Congestion earlier this week at the Horotiu interchange has been alleviated with a lane coned off for northbound traffic leaving the expressway.
After these 2 weeks of full closures any remaining work will be done with traffic sharing lanes and the occasional night closure if needed.
Meanwhile, outside the closures, there are 2 other detours in place until completion in mid-December. The southbound on-ramp at the Gordonton Road Interchange is closed until mid-December. Northbound SH1C traffic is required to exit at Lake Road, head south on SH1 to turn around at Resolution Interchange and proceed north.
