Bus and Coach Association Notifications

Traffic Notice 24 February - 2 March : Southern Corridor Improvements

Friday, 24 February 2017

Welcome to the traffic notice for the week of 24 February - 2 March for the

Southern Corridor Improvements Project

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 between the Pahurehure Inlet and Hill Road.

• Narrowed lanes and 80 km/h speed limit southbound between Orams Road and the Papakura Interchange.

TRAFFIC NEXT WEEK

Northbound:

• Sunday 26 February - Night closure of the full northbound motorway between the Takanini Interchange and Hill Road. This includes closure of the northbound Takanini on-ramp (Great South Road).

• Tuesday 28 February - Thursday 2 March - Night closure of the full northbound motorway between the Takanini Interchange and Hill Road. This includes closure of the northbound Takanini on-ramp (Great South Road).

• Tuesday 28 February - Night closure of a single northbound lane on the motorway between the Papakura Interchange through to Walter Strevens Bridge.

Southbound:

• Sunday 26 February - Night closure of a single southbound lane on the motorway between Hill Road to the Takanini Interchange.

• Monday 27 February - Wednesday 1 March - Night closure of the full southbound motorway between the Manukau Interchange through to the Takanini Interchange. This includes closure of the Redoubt Road on-ramp, Lambie Drive eastbound on-ramp, and SH20-1 Link.

• Thursday 2 March - Night closure of a single southbound lane on the motorway between Hill Road to the Takanini Interchange.

• Thursday 2 March - Night closure of the southbound Takanini off-ramp (Great South Road).
  

UPCOMING WORKS (dates may be subject to change)

• Sunday 5 March - Tuesday 7 March - Night closure of the full northbound motorway between the Takanini Interchange and Hill Road. This includes closure of the northbound Takanini on-ramp (Great South Road).

• Sunday 5 March - Thursday 9 March - Night closure of the full southbound motorway between the Manukau Interchange through to the Takanini Interchange. This includes closure of the Redoubt Road on-ramp, Lambie Drive eastbound on-ramp, and SH20-1 Link.

• Wednesday 8 March - Thursday 9 March - Night closure of the full northbound motorway between the Papakura Interchange through to the Takanini Interchange. This includes closure of the northbound Papakura on-ramps.

Night work on the motorway next week will involve construction of a pier protection structure under the Hill Road Bridge. Construction of the additional southbound lane will continue this week with asphalting works between Alfriston Road and the Takanini Interchange. At the Papakura Stream Bridge, sheet piling will commence to retain the surrounding soil during bridge construction. If it rains or ground conditions are too wet, work will be postponed until the next available dry night.

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.

Night closures are typically from 9pm at night to 5am in the morning. Detours will be in place to take motorists along local roads, leading back to the next motorway interchange. All detours will be clearly signposted, and maps of the typical routes can be found on our website at http://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/southern-corridor-improvements/traffic-notices/.  Please allow extra time for your journey at night.

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 motorists as much as we can.

We thank you for your patience as we work to improve journey reliability and safety along the Southern Corridor.

You can read more background information and find out more about the project through our website, www.nzta.govt.nz/auckland-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.