Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
If you’re travelling the Hawke’s Bay state highway network, you can expect to see a renewed level of activity from NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi and Transport Rebuild East Coast crews for 2025.
Crews are back at work repairing and renewing state highways to ensure more efficient travel and safer, more resilient roads.
Work at many sites on State Highways 2, 5 and 50 are underway or about to get underway in the coming weeks, with stop / go traffic management and temporary lower speed limits in place.
NZTA is reminding everyone using the state highway network around the region to plan their journeys and expect delays. While summer maintenance work has been staged to reduce the overall impact on road users, there is likely to be delays to people’s travel – with cyclone recovery work, annual road renewals and other projects underway.
Please allow extra time to travel around the region and use NZTA’s Journey Planner to check for updates.
The dates below are weather dependent.
SH2 (north of Napier) sites underway or starting this month
- Night works currently underway: SH2 closure with no detour between Waihua Bridge and Ohinepaaka Stream Bridge repairs. Forecast rain postponed this work, now starting again tonight (Wednesday 22 January) through until Friday 24 January, 8pm to 5am each night.
Related traffic bulletin - Resurfacing Mohaka slow vehicle bay, is underway, with line marking expected this week.
Related traffic bulletin - Sandy Creek recovery – stabilising three underslips with soil nails. This recovery site is underway at the moment and expected to be complete in May. Stop/go traffic management is in place with delays of 5 minutes expected.
- Devil’s Elbow recovery work continues with expected delays of between 5 and 10 minutes. Most of the work in this area is expected to be completed by mid year with one remaining site, to the south of the Elbow, to be completed at the end of 2025.
- Tangoio Falls Reserve underslip recovery continues with stop /go traffic management and expected delays of 5 minutes. This project will be finished by the end of January
SH2 Hawke’s Bay Expressway
From Sunday 26 to Friday 31 January, sections of SH2 Hawke’s Bay Expressway will be closed from 8pm to 5am each night. The work will be finished by 5am on Saturday 1 February.
- Sunday 26 Jan – Between Pākōwhai Road and Evenden Road, 8pm to 4am for flexible median barrier repairs. Local road detour suitable for all vehicles.
- Monday 27 – Wednesday 29 Jan – Between Prebensen Drive and Taradale Road roundabouts, closed for 3 nights. Local road detour suitable for all vehicles.
- Thursday 30 Jan – Kennedy Road on ramp, closed for 1 night. Local road detour suitable for all vehicles.
- Thursday 30 – Friday 31 Jan – Between Meeanee Road and Pākōwhai Road/Links Road, closed for 2 nights. Local road detour not suitable for heavy vehicles.
SH2 Central Hawke’s Bay sites underway or starting this month
- Taniwha Station Road road rebuild is expected to finish early February, with possible delays of 10 minutes.
- Waipawa road rebuild between Victoria Street and Tamumu Road started Monday 13 January and is expected to finish mid-March.
Related traffic bulletin
SH5 sites underway or starting this month
- Gum Trees South road rebuild is underway and is expected to finish mid-February with possible delays of 10 minutes.
- Hukatara road rebuild is expected to start end of January and finish in February. Possible delays of 10 minutes.
SH50 sites underway or starting this month
- Watson’s South road rebuild continues and is expected to finish in February. Possible delays of 5 minutes.
- Sections of SH50 between Ongaonga and Takapau will be under stop/go traffic management from Monday 27 January to Friday 31 January, 6am to 6pm each day. Crews will be installing rumble strips. Possible delays of 5 minutes.
- Night works, full closure: Resealing between Korokipo Road and Franklin Road on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 January. Road closed from Pākōwhai Road/Links Road to Korokipo Road from 8pm to 5am each night. Light vehicle detour available.
- The resealing works planned for Monday 27 January to Friday 31 January along sections of SH50 between Ngaruroro River Bridge at Omahu/Fernhill and Omarunui Road, have been rescheduled to the following week (Monday 3 February to Friday 7 February). That work will take place during the day between 7am and 5pm. Please expect delays of up to 10 minutes to journey times as sections of the road will be under stop/go traffic management.
