State highway road repairing and resealing
State highways in the Taupō area will be repaired and resealed during coming months, as the Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency spring/summer road maintenance programme gets underway locally from this week.
Work has begun to replace the road surface on State Highway 5 between Rotorua and Taupō at Dicks Hill and on State Highway 32 at Whakamaru. Both sites will have Stop/Go traffic management and a 30km/h temporary speed limit in place.
Motorists can also expect road works on SH1 at Korohe, between Taupō and Turangi, from late-October.
The above works are expected to be completed by mid-November, subject to weather and any other unexpected delays.
New asphalt will be laid at several sites including SH5 Napier-Taupō, working north, and intersections such as SH1/State Highway 30 at Atiamuri and the SH1 Wairakei roundabout.
Road users are encouraged to check the Waka Kotahi Journey Planner website for up-to-date information on a variety of roadworks, traffic, delays, road closures and detour routes. Head to journeys.nzta.govt.nz for more information.