Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Significant maintenance is planned for State Highway 1 through Kilbirnie next month until early February.
Contractors will be working on State Highway 1, between Kilbirnie Crescent and Hamilton Road, for up to six weeks from 12 January,
Roxanne Hilliard, Wellington Alliance Manager, says they will replace aging traffic signals and improve the intersection at Kilbirnie Crescent and Hamilton Road.
“This is a complex project which includes replacing traffic lights at the intersection, installing new underground cables and resurfacing the road.”
“This section of State Highway 1 is a critical link between the city and the Miramar Peninsula,” Ms Hilliard says.
The project will be completed in stages, some of which will require road closures and local road detours.
Ms Hilliard says every effort will be made to keep disruption for drivers and the community to a minimum.
“This is a busy section of State Highway 1, and it carries around thirty thousand vehicles daily. This means some impact on drivers is unavoidable.”
“We will do the work at night, between nine pm and four am when traffic volumes are lighter. We will also ensure the noisiest works are done before midnight,” Ms Hilliard says.
Further updates will be provided before the work begins and as the project progresses through each of its stages.
Stage 1 – Works schedule and detour routes
- Sunday, 12 January to Tuesday, 21 January. Sunday to Thursday nights, 9pm – 4am.
- SH1 CLOSED between Kilbirnie Crescent and Evans Bay Parade.
- Local road detour via Kilbirnie Crescent and Evans Bay Parade.
- Expect delays of two to three minutes.
- Heavy vehicles must detour to the Wellington CBD via Evans Bay Parade.
- This work is weather-dependent, and schedules may change.
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