Traffic notice for the week 5 - 11 May 2017
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
- Sunday 7 May - Monday 8 May - Night closure of one lane northbound from the Papakura Interchange to the Takanini Interchange.
- Tuesday 9 May - Wednesday 10
Thursday 11May - 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 10 May
May - Thursday 11 May--Night closure of two lanes northbound from the Takanini Interchange to Orams Road.
Southbound
- Sunday 7 May - Tuesday 9 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 (Great South Road).
- Wednesday 10 May - Thursday 11 May - Night closure of one lane southbound from the Takanini Interchange to the Papakura Interchange.
- Wednesday 10 May - Thursday 11 May - Night closure of the full 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.
UPCOMING WORKS (dates may be subject to change)
- Sunday 14 May - Monday 15 May - Night closure of the full northbound motorway from the Papakura Interchange to the Takanini Interchange. This includes closure of the northbound Papakura on-ramps.
- Sunday 14 May - Thursday 18 May - Night closure of two lanes northbound from the Takanini Interchange to Orams Road.
- Sunday 14 May - Monday 15 May - Night closure of one lane southbound from the Takanini Interchange to the Papakura Interchange.
- Sunday 14 May - Thursday 18 May - Night closure of the full 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.
Night work on the motorway next week involves asphalting, barrier shifting, and line marking in preparation to open the additional (3rd) southbound lane from the southbound Takanini on-ramp to the Pahurehure Inlet. We are also working on the northbound shoulder at Papakura Steam to scour protect the stream banks. 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.
Night closures are typically from 9pm at night to 5am in the morning. 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.
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.
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.
Detour maps
Southbound Takanini Papakura Detour Map
Southbound Manukau Takanini Detour Map