Here’s to smoother travelling over the holiday season with people driving on a number of newly sealed roads! Contractors across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty are continuing to make steady progress as the holiday season approaches. .
We’re nearly halfway through the maintenance season and a lot of work has already been completed. This includes road rebuild sites on SH29 Kaimai Range, SH26 Eureka (near Morrinsville), SH27 at the Matamata roundabout, and 2 sites on SH2 near Paengaroa in the Bay of Plenty.
Now is also the time to start planning for your trip, says Andrew Oakley, Waikato System Manager at NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
“As with other years, we expect traffic to be busy from the weekend before Christmas, right through until early in the New Year. It’s been a long year, and everyone deserves to relax and unwind. Consider planning ahead so you know what to expect when travelling. Key routes will be busier than usual, and ensuring you have everything you need for a longer journey can make things much more enjoyable.
“We encourage people to use the NZTA Journey Planner, it’s the best tool to use on the day of travel, as this provides real-time updates on worksites and other road hazards on the network.”
Journey Planner(external link)
This work forms part of the government’s $2.07 billion investment into road and drainage renewal and maintenance across 2024-27 via the State Highway Pothole Prevention fund.
Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highway works as at 6 December 2024 [PDF, 286 KB]
