Bus and Coach Association Notifications

Traffic Notice 7 - 13 April : Southern Corridor Improvements

Friday, 7 April 2017

Welcome to the traffic notice for the week of 7 - 13 April 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 Papakura Interchange and Hill Road.

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

TRAFFIC NEXT WEEK

Northbound

• Sunday 9 April - Night closure of one lane northbound motorway from the Papakura Interchange to the Takanini Interchange. 
• Tuesday 11 April to Wednesday 12 April - Night closure of the full northbound motorway from the Takanini Interchange to Hill Road. This includes closure of the  northbound on-ramp at Takanini (Great South Road).

Southbound

• Sunday 9 April to Wednesday 12 April - Night closure of the full southbound motorway from the Manakau Interchange to Takanini Interchange. This includes closure of the Redoubt Road on-ramp, Lambie Drive eastbound on-ramp, and SH20-1 Link.
• UPCOMING WORKS (dates may be subject to change)
• Tuesday 18 April - Thursday 20 April - Night closure of the full northbound motorway from the Takanini Interchange to Hill Road. This includes closure of the  northbound on-ramp at Takanini (Great South Road).
• Tuesday 18 April - Thursday 20 April - Night closure of the full southbound motorway from the Manakau Interchange to Takanini Interchange. This includes closure of the Redoubt Road on-ramp, Lambie Drive eastbound on-ramp, and SH20-1 Link.
• Thursday 20 April - Night closure of one lane westbound along Great South Road at the Takanini Interchange. 
• Saturday 22 April - Full closure of Orams Road Bridge until October 2017.

Night work on the motorway next week involves pavement works, moving barriers, line marking and establishment of safe works zones around the Takanini Interchange. Sheet piling at Papakura Stream northbound will also begin. 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 beam of Orams Road Bridge will be widened. The bridge will be temporarily closed to all pedestrians and traffic while this work takes place. More information is attached, if you have further questions don't hesitate to contact us.

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.

• Orams Road Closure.pdf