Main roads in and out of the capital will be cut off this week and next, due to a number of maintenance-related road closures.<\/p>\n
Wellington road users will need to start “planning ahead”, and take back roads, NZTA has said.<\/p>\n
The highway’s southbound lanes will be closed for two nights – Sunday, 2 February and Monday, 3 February, between 9pm and 4.30am.<\/p>\n
Wellington Transport Alliance manager Roxanne Hilliard said the middle lane of the highway must be resurfaced.<\/p>\n
Detours were available – light vehicles should take the Johnsonville southbound offramp and detour to the city via Johnsonville, Khandallah, and the Ngaio Gorge.<\/p>\n
Those travelling to the Hutt from SH1 would need to take the SH58 detour via Transmission Gully, but this was not suitable for heavy vehicles because of a height restriction on the Johnsonville underpass.<\/p>\n
Heavy vehicles must use SH58 to Haywards Hill and then State Highway 2 to get to the city.<\/p>\n
“These detours are longer, so drivers should allow for extra travel time,” Hilliard said.<\/p>\n
Wellington’s urban motorway will be closed to northbound traffic overnight between Karo Drive and Ngauranga Interchange for road resurfacing, for the five nights between Sunday 9 February and Thursday 13 February.<\/p>\n
All northbound on and off ramps will also be closed.<\/p>\n
Drivers should detour along, Willis St, Customhouse\/Waterloo\/Aotea Quay, and then Hutt Rd.<\/p>\n
In the city, the motorway will be closed to southbound traffic between the Terrace offramp and Vivian St as the Terrace tunnel undergoes its annual building warrant of fitness.<\/p>\n
The detour is via The Terrace offramp and Ghuznee\/Victoria\/Vivian Streets.<\/p>\n
Hilliard said “over 30,000 vehicles use this section of State Highway 1 daily, so it’s crucial that it’s regularly maintained”.<\/p>\n
“Crews will resurface around five lane kilometres of the northbound lanes between Aotea Quay onramp and the Ngauranga Interchange,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Since December, around 2.5 lane kilometres of this section of highway has already been resurfaced and we still need to resurface a further 2.5 lane kilometres this season.<\/p>\n
“These resurfacing works will make this stretch of road much smoother and safer as it is currently in poor condition.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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