Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises the southbound lane of State Highway 1 between Rangiriri and Ōhinewai will be closed overnight from this Sunday 12 December, between 7pm and 7am, for up to five nights, weather permitting.
While SH1 is closed, all southbound traffic will be detoured from Rangiriri interchange via local roads to the Glen Murray Bridge, southbound along Te Ōhākī Road and across the Tainui Bridge at Huntly.
A detour route via Waikato District Council roads is in place for General Access vehicles. It can be used by Overweight Vehicles provided they hold a permit for the route from Waikato District Council.
Vehicles without permits to use the nominated detour route (such as Overweight, 50MAX, HPMV and Over Dimension) may use State Highway 2 and State Highway 27 provided they hold the relevant permits.
All other heavy vehicles are not permitted to use the detour or alternative route. They are to avoid the detour and plan their journeys for outside the closure times.
Motorists are asked to take extra care when travelling along the detour route by following any temporary speed limits, signs and instructions from the traffic management team.
In the event of bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances, work may be postponed. Visit the Waka Kotahi Journey Planner (journeys.nzta.govt.nz(external link)) website for up to date information on the road closure, detours, traffic, road works and delays.
This closure is to allow 8.5km of temporary steel barriers to removed. After the barriers have been removed along SH1, the southbound speed limit at Ōhinewai will return to 100km/h.
Waka Kotahi thanks motorists for their patience.
