Kilbirnie Crescent Intersection Works

Intersection Maintenance

NZTA Wellington Transport Alliance will be completing major maintenance work at the SH1 and Kilbirnie Crescent/Hamilton Road intersection in early 2025.

The current infrastructure at this intersection is aging and needs replacing to ensure it continues to function as designed. We will be replacing signal poles, power cables, communication cables and the traffic signal equipment. Following these replacements, we will be resurfacing the intersection.

Completion of the works will ensure traffic signals continue to function as designed, reduce accidental pole strikes by vehicles, and make future maintenance easier with accessible underground cabling.

Works will be completed at night between 9pm and 4am on Sunday 12 January 2025 and will run Sunday to Thursday nights through the end of February 2025, weather permitting. We need to do these works at night to avoid heavily disrupting daytime traffic.

Information for Residents

The crew will keep the noise down as much as possible. However, machinery is unavoidably noisy. WE will complete the nosiest works between 9pm – 12am.

As we must excavate deep into the road, residents can expect to hear a lot of noise throughout the night for the duration of the works.

SH1 street carparking will be unavailable, so vehicles will need to park on one of the side streets.

Residents on Walmer Street will always be able to access their property.

Traffic Management

The works will be completed in stages, each requiring different diversions and traffic management.

When road closures are required, we will either close between Moxham Avenue and Kilbirnie Crescent/Hamilton Road or between Evans Bay Parade and Kilbirnie Crescent/Hamilton Road.

View larger version of detours [PDF, 162 KB]

There will be also stop/go traffic controls or lane closures in place when we needed.

Indicative Works Schedule

The below schedule is indicative only. The schedule may change due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances.

We will communicate the most up to date diversions and traffic management via our weekly roadworks bulletin:

SH1 Wellington, Porirua, Kapiti(external link).