Traffic notice for the week 19 - 25 May 2017
Traffic notices provide a brief overview of likely traffic disruptions for the following week. Full closures are also advertised in the Weekend Herald. Traffic notices are complemented by monthly construction updates and quarterly newsletters.
ALREADY IN PLACE
- Narrowed lanes and 80 km/h speed limit northbound on the motorway between the Papakura Interchange and Hill Road.
- Narrowed lanes and 80 km/h speed limit southbound on the motorway between Orams Road and the Papakura Interchange.
- Full closure of Orams Road Bridge to all traffic and pedestrians.
- Narrowed lanes and 50 km/h speed limit both directions on Great South Road at Takanini Interchange, between the northbound off-ramp and the southbound on-ramp.
TRAFFIC NEXT WEEK
Northbound
- Sunday 21 May– Night closure of one lane northbound from the Papakura Interchange through to the Orams Road Bridge
- Monday 22 May - Wednesday 24
Tuesday 23May - Night closure of two lanes northbound from the Takanini Interchange to Orams Road Bridge. Wednesday 24 May –Thursday 25 May - Night closure of the full motorway northbound from from the Papakura Interchange to the Takanini Interchange. This includes closure of the Papakura northbound on-ramps.
Southbound
- Sunday 21 May – Thursday 25 May - Night closure of the full motorway southbound from the Manakau Interchange to the Takanini Interchange.This includes closure of the Redoubt Road on-ramp, Lambie Drive eastbound on-ramp, and SH20-1 Link.
- Sunday 21 May, Wednesday 24 - Thursday 25 May - Night closure of one lane southbound from the Takanini Interchange to the Papakura Interchange.
Local Roads
- 9:00pm – 5:00am Monday 22 May - Night closure of two lanes westbound on Great South Road, under the Takanini Interchange.
UPCOMING WORKS (dates may be subject to change)
- Sunday 28 May – Tuesday 30 May - Night closure of the full motorway southbound from the Manakau Interchange to the Takanini Interchange. This includes closure of the Redoubt Road on-ramp, Lambie Drive eastbound on-ramp, and SH20-1 Link.
Night work on the motorway next week involves continuing the demolition of the Orams Road Bridge, asphalting in the median at the Pahurehure Inlet, and Slipforming the new median barrier under Alfriston Road Bridge. If it rains or ground conditions are too wet, work will be postponed until the next available dry night.
To construct an additional fourth southbound lane from SH20 to Hill Road, the eastern span of Orams Road Bridge will be widened. Orams Road Bridge will be temporarily closed to all pedestrians and traffic while this work takes place from April 22 to October 2017.
Night closures are typically from 9pm at night to 5am in the morning. Work during the night will allow our crews to operate equipment safely while adjacent to the existing traffic lanes. Work in the shoulder and median work zones will continue during the daytime next week, but this will not affect traffic movements.
With the lanes narrowed, there is less time to react to other vehicles and it is important that motorists keep to the 80 km/h speed limit past our work areas. There will be ongoing truck and project vehicle movements accessing the shoulder and median work sites. Keeping both motorists and our team members safe as possible is imperative and we need everyone's help to do this.
As always, we will be doing our best to minimise effects of these works on the public as much as we can.
We thank you for your patience as we work to improve journey reliability and safety along the Southern Corridor.
If you have any questions or queries, please contact our team on free phone 0508 NZTA SCI (0508 698 2724) or email us at southerncorridor@nzta.govt.nz . Also feel free to visit us at the Project Office located at 8 Great South Road, Takanini.
Detour maps
Southbound Takanini Papakura Detour Map
Southbound Manukau Takanini Detour Map