Traffic Notice 30 June - 6 July: Southern Corridor Improvements
Welcome to the traffic notice for the week
of 30
June - 6 July 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
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
- Tuesday 4 July - Wednesday 5
July - Night
closure of one lane northbound
from the Papakura Interchange to the Takanini Interchange.
Southbound
- Monday 3 July - Night closure of the full
motorway southbound from the Manakau Interchange to the
Takanini Interchange.
- Tuesday 4
July - Wednesday 5 July - Night closure of the
full southbound motorway from the Takanini
Interchange to Papakura Interchange. This includes closure of the
southbound on-ramp at Takanini.
- Tuesday
4 July - Night closure of two lanes southbound
from Hill Road to the Takanini Interchange.
Local Roads- Sunday 2 July - Night closure of one lane eastbound
and two lanes westbound on Great South Road at the Takanini
Interchange.
- Monday 3 July - Night closure of two lanes westbound
on Great South Road at the Takanini Interchange.
- Tuesday 4 July - Thursday
6 July - Night closure of one lane
eastbound and two lanes westbound on Great South
Road at the Takanini Interchange.
UPCOMING WORKS (dates may be subject to change)
- Sunday
9 July - Thursday 13 July -
Night closure of the full motorway northbound
from the Takanini Interchange to Hill Road. This includes closure of the
northbound on-ramp at Takanini.
- Sunday
9 July - Thursday 13 July -
Night closure of the full motorway southbound
from the Takanini Interchange to the Papakura Interchange. This includes
closure of the southbound
on-ramp at Takanini.
Night
work on the motorway next week involves bore piling of the additional southbound
lane over Great South Road, establishment of a new work zone at the
Pahurehure Inlet, 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
lengthened. 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 10pm 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
posted 50-80 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. 
