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SH1 Taupō to Turangi overnight closures start 13 Oct

The planned State Highway 1 overnight closure between Taupō and Turangi will now start on Tuesday night instead of Monday night, due to the forecast of heavy rain over the next 24 hours.

The work is scheduled to be finished on the morning of Saturday 17 October.

The road needs to be closed for asphalting around Te Pōporo/Bulli Point as it is too narrow for the machinery and crew to work and also safely allow a lane of traffic through.  

When the closure starts at 7pm each night only residents will be able to access SH1 south of the Taupō Airport roundabout, or north of the SH1/SH41 in Turangi until the road reopens at 5am.

Emergency services will have full access through the work site if required. 

Important detour information:

  • From Turangi, the northbound detour will be via State Highway 41, on to State Highway 32 and then Poihipi Road to Taupō. Through traffic heading north should use SH32 to Tokoroa. The southbound detour will be in reverse.
  • For a journey between Turangi and Taupō the detour will add an extra 40 to 45 minutes over and above the normal 45-minute journey time via SH1 Turangi to Taupō. The total travel time is approximately 1.5hrs.
  • While the road closure will be in place from 7pm we would encourage motorists to complete their travel well before then as the contractors will be setting up traffic management from 6pm and this may cause delays.

For state highway traffic updates visit www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/traffic.  

 

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For more information on the SH1 Taupō projects, contact us at taupoprojects@nzta.govt.nz

Visit our website www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/sh1-taupo

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