Waitangi Bridge on SH51 between Napier and Clive will close overnight this week (Tuesday 7 – Friday 10 March) for work to further secure the gas pipeline which is attached to the underside of the bridge.
The bridge will close at 9pm each night and reopen at 5am each morning.
Roading contractors and bridge engineers carried out load testing on Friday with heavily laden trucks and the bridge is now open to two lanes at all other times.
Now the bridge has passed its load test, contractors will be working to further secure the pipe to the bridge.
That means the bridge will close overnight from tomorrow night til Friday night/Saturday morning (9pm til 5am).
We want to thank road users for their understanding while this takes place.
There’s currently a temporary 30km/h speed limit in place when travelling over the bridge outside of this week’s closures.
