Welcome to the traffic notice for the week of 3 - 9 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
Update: Due to unexpected circumstances, there has been a further adjustment to the timeline for the northbound lane changes between the Papakura Interchange and Pahurehure Inlet. The work will now take place on the nights of Wednesday 8 March to Thursday 9 March and resume on Monday 13 March to Tuesday 14 March from 9pm-5am. Lanes will be narrowed and a reduced speed limit of 80kph will be in effect from the morning of Friday 10 March for approximately one year.
TRAFFIC NEXT WEEK
Northbound:
Southbound
UPCOMING WORKS (dates may be subject to change)
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.
