Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
More than 90 sections of state highway have been worked on throughout Manawatū during the 2023/24 maintenance season.
The season, which has recently wrapped up, runs during the warmer and drier months.
During the construction season, 51.72 kilometres of the region’s state highway network were renewed.
In addition, 36.71 kilometres of road were resealed, with a new layer of chipseal added. Crews completed full road rebuilds across 8 sites totalling more than 5 and a half kilometres of road including on State Highway 1 near Taihape and State Highway 3 near Dudding Lake and Makirikiri Stream Bridge.
Road rebuilds are when the existing road surface and underlying road structure (pavement) is removed and replaced with new materials.
A further 2.5 kilometres of road were resurfaced with asphalt, including three sites on SH1 in Levin, and two roundabout sites on SH3 in Whanganui.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi Manawatū-Whanganui System Manager Liesl Dawson says crews worked hard this season to improve the safety and resilience of the region’s state highways.
“We know roadworks can be disruptive for our communities and because the best time to complete road resurfacing and rebuilding is during the warmer, drier months, they have the potential to impact summer journeys.
“We’d like to thank road users for their patience while our crews have worked to ensure our roads stay in a safe condition for everyone to get safely from A to B.
“There’s always more to do and we’ll be back with another big programme of work later in the year for the 24/25 construction season, and key worksites will be communicated closer to the time.”
