Construction of a roundabout at the SH3 intersection with Mangorei Road is starting soon.

Intersection safety improvements starting soon at Mangorei Road and Junction Street

Works are about to begin on safety improvements at the SH3 intersections of Mangorei Road and Junction Street.

These works are part of the wider New Plymouth to Hāwera Safety Improvements Project, which has delivered almost 7.5km of flexible median barriers and wide centrelines to date.

At the Mangorei Road intersection, the team will begin construction of a 28m by 24m roundabout, along with removal of the northbound passing lane at this location.

These works are due to start on Monday 4 November and will take place mostly during the daytime, with a contraflow system in place allowing continuous flow of traffic in both directions under a reduced speed limit.

The Mangorei Road works - which also include widening of the centreline either side of the intersection over about 1.2km in total - are expected to take 15 to 18 months to complete.

At the Junction Street intersection, Downer crews will begin asphalt resurfacing works from 7pm on Monday 28 October.

These will be night works, taking place from 7pm to 6am each evening, with the exception of Saturday night. These works are due to finish on the morning of Tuesday 5 November.

Stop/go traffic controls will operate, with delays of up to 5 minutes, and access to and from Junction Street will be closed while works are taking place (i.e., from 7pm to 6am each night except Saturday). 

The Junction Street works also include widening of the centreline either side of the intersection over about 1km in total, and removal of the southbound passing lane at this location, which is much shorter than the recommended minimum length for safe overtaking. 

Safety improvements spread further

Works crews have completed the installation of a wide centreline over approximately 1.45km between Johns and Surrey roads at Tariki.

This follows the installation of about 680m of flexible median barriers near the Thomason Road intersection just north of Egmont Village (pictured below).

Further south, crews are completing a wide centreline over about 500m between Brookes and Hills roads south of Stratford.

In the coming weeks, the team will start work on a wide centreline of about 1km between Dudley and Durham roads, just south of Inglewood.

Design works
In addition to these physical works, detailed design has begun for future wide centreline over approximately 25km of state highway between Egmont Village and Eltham.

Construction funding for these improvements, as well as the possible future roundabout at Egmont Village that is currently in design, has yet to be secured.

More information

For more information on the SH3 New Plymouth to Hāwera project, contact taranakiprojects@nzta.govt.nz

Visit our website www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/sh3-new-plymouth-to-hawera