Bus and Coach Association Notifications

Traffic Notice 28 April - 4 May : Southern Corridor Improvements

Friday, 28 April 2017

Welcome to the traffic notice for the week of 28 April - 4 May 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.
• Full closure of Orams Road Bridge to all traffic and pedestrians.

TRAFFIC NEXT WEEK

Northbound

• Sunday 30 April - Night closure of the full northbound motorway from the Papakura Interchange to the Takanini Interchange. This includes closure of the northbound Papakura on-ramps.
• Wednesday 3 May - Thursday 4 May - Night closure of the northbound off-ramp at Takanini (Great South Road).

Southbound

• Sunday 30 April - Thursday 4 May - Night closure of the full southbound motorway from the Takanini Interchange to the Papakura Interchange. This includes closure of the southbound on-ramp at Takanini.

Local Roads

• 9:00am- 3:00pm Monday 1 May - Thursday 4 May - Daytime closure of one lane eastbound along Great South Road under the motorway.

UPCOMING WORKS (dates may be subject to change)

• Sunday 7 May - Wednesday 10 May - Full closure of the southbound motorway 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 7 May - Wednesday 10 May - Night closure of one lane southbound between the Takanini Interchange and the Papakura Interchange.
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• Thursday 11 May - Night closure of the full southbound motorway from the Takanini Interchange to the Papakura Interchange. This includes closure of the southbound Takanini on-ramp.

Night work on the motorway next week involves asphalting, installing barriers and general road maintenance. 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.

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 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.

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.