East Taupō Arterial safety improvements
Work to repair the Centennial Drive intersection of the East Taupō Arterial (ETA) is progressing well, completion expected on Wednesday 14 October.
The Broadlands Road southbound on/off ramps also need to be closed for similar repairs, and to minimise disruption we will do this after the work at Centennial Drive is complete.
This closure is planned to take place from Sunday 1 November and is expected to take around 12 days to complete.
Detours will be in place and clearly signposted, directing road users to use the Centennial Road intersection. This detour will add approximately 3-4 minutes to a journey. The northbound on/off ramps will remain open and are unaffected by the closure.
Besides repairing the ramps, we’re currently working on a short section of the ETA between the Waikato River and State Highway 5 Napier/Taupō Road, where we’re widening the road shoulder.
When the weather starts to warm up, activity on site will ramp up and longer sections of the shoulder will be widened. Once all the road widening is completed, the whole road will be resealed across the entire width, new flexible median barriers installed, and new road markings applied.
You’ll see signs, cones, shoulder closures and temporary speed limits in place to keep our work crews and road users safer. There will always be two-way traffic flow as the work is off to the side of the road. We’ll do our best to minimise delays and disruption for people using the state highway.
Visit Waka Kotahi’s Journey Planner website for up to date information on up to date information on road or lane closures, detours, road works, traffic and delays.
The project covers a 12km stretch of SH1, between the Wairakei roundabout and the SH5 Napier/Taupō Road roundabout.
For more information about this project, visit our website.
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