Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
A stretch of State Highway 2 Hawke’s Bay Expressway will be closing next month for maintenance work.
The road will be closed between Meeanee Road and Links Road/Pākōwhai Road roundabout for 6 nights from Sunday 4 May to Friday 9 May.
The road will close each night between 8pm and 5am, with work finishing early Saturday (10 May) morning.
During this closure, the bridge abutments either end of the Tutaekuri River Bridge will be dug out, renewed and resurfaced.
It’s important to note, the work only affects the road each end of the bridge and not the bridge structure.
Due to the nature of this work and the narrow road width, a full closure is required. Outside the work hours, this section of expressway will be open, with a temporary speed limit either side of the bridge.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of this work, HPMV over 44 tonnes won’t be able to queue and be let through the worksite. Emergency vehicles will need to use the detour.
A signposted detour will be place for all vehicles up to 44 tonnes. Southbound vehicles will be detoured onto Meeanee Road, Awatoto Road, and right onto State Highway 51, through Clive to Te Ara Kahikatea, right onto Pākōwhai Road before rejoining the expressway. The reverse will apply for northbound vehicles.
Please note restrictions on the Redclyffe Bailey bridge at Waiohiki are 8 tonne MAX at 30km/hr. Vehicles over 8 tonnes are not allowed to use this bridge. A limit applies to Waitangi Bridge on SH51, of 44 tonne MAX at 60km/hr.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi appreciates these closures will cause frustration and hopes disruption will be minimal by doing the work overnight.
Please drive to the conditions and plan your trip to factor in detour delays.
This work is weather dependent. Contingency dates are Sunday 11 to Friday 15 May, 8pm-5am each night.
Reminder SH2 Expressway closure this Sunday
A reminder that this same stretch of SH2 Hawke’s Bay Expressway will be closing from 8pm this Sunday (6 April) to 4am Monday, between Meeanee Road and Links Road/Pākōwhai Road roundabout.
During the closure crews will be carrying out repairs to flexible median barrier, damaged in a crash last month.
The same detour, detailed above, will apply for all vehicles up to 44 tonnes. For Sunday’s closure, HPMV will be able to queue at the closure points and crews will be letting them through the worksite as often as possible during the closure.
Emergency services will be assisted through the site if required.
