UPDATE: Asphalt resurfacing on two stretches of State Highway 2 Hawke’s Bay Expressway has been rescheduled to take place early next month instead of this week.
Asphalt resurfacing on two stretches of State Highway 2 Hawke’s Bay Expressway has been rescheduled to take place early next month instead of this week.
As a result, the stretches of expressway between Prebensen Drive and Taradale road and Taradale Road to Meeanee Road will be OPEN as usual this week.
The work will now take place between Monday 3 and Thursday 6 March, 8pm to 5am each night.
During the work, a stretch of road approaching the roadabouts between Prebensen Drive and Taradale Road will be resurfaced first, overnight on Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 March. Crews will then move onto the Taradale Road to Meeanee Road section on the nights of Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 March. The road will reopen 5am Friday 7 March.
Detour details are below.
11 February
Two stretches of State Highway 2 Hawke’s Bay Expressway will be closing overnight for 4 nights next week for resurfacing.
The stretch between Prebensen Drive and Taradale Road will be resurfaced first, overnight on 17 and 18 February (next Monday and Tuesday). Crews will then move onto the Taradale Road to Meeanee Road section on the nights of 19 and 20 of February (next Wednesday and Thursday).
The road will be closed from 8pm til 5am each night.
Signposted detours will be in place during the work - please plan ahead and expect slightly longer journey times.
During the day, the road will be open, with temporary traffic management in place and a temporary lower speed while the new surface settles.
This work is weather dependent and the contingency dates are 3-7 March.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi wants to thanks motorists for their support in taking the detours, and expects disruption will be kept to a minimum by doing the work overnight.
