Upcoming road closures and night works for Motueka

Work to install traffic signals on the Pah Street, Greenwood Street and High Street intersection in Motueka is now well under-way.

On 10 October work will start on installing the pedestrian signals at the existing zebra crossing on High Street (located north of Wallace Street), and the right-hand turn lane into Wallace Street.

This work will involve road closures for Wallace Street during the day and night, and a night-time road closure for a section of High Street. Detours will be in place.

Wallace Street – Day and Night Road Closure
For approximately five weeks from Monday 11 October, the entry off High Street into Wallace Street will be closed, with a detour in place.

People will need to use the detour around Greenwood Street, Wilkinson Street and Tudor Street. High Street will remain open during the day.

High Street – Night Road Closure
From Sunday 10 October a section of High Street will be closed during the night from the Greenwood Street, Pah Street and High Street intersection to the Tudor Street and High Street intersection.

This night-time road closure will be for two weeks, with our teams on the job between 6pm and 4am from Sunday through to Thursday nights.

The following detours will be in place:

• Normal ‘light’ vehicles can use the above detour for the Wallace Street closure (around Greenwood Street, Wilkinson Street and Tudor Street.)
• Heavier vehicles must use a longer diversion through Pah Street, Queen Victoria Street and King Edward Street.

Wallace Street - road closure detour

The diagram below shows the Wallace Street detour that will be in place from Monday 11 October for approximately five weeks.

High Street - night-time road closure detour

The diagram below shows the High Street night closure and detours.

From Sunday 10 October a section of High Street will be closed during the night from the Greenwood Street, Pah Street and High Street intersection to the Tudor Street and High Street intersection.

This night-time road closure will be for two weeks, with our teams on the job between 6pm and 4am from Sunday through to Thursday nights.

Normal ‘light’ vehicles can use the detour around Greenwood Street, Wilkinson Street and Tudor Street.

Heavier vehicles must use a longer diversion through Pah Street, Queen Victoria Street and King Edward Street.

Roundabout update

Construction on the Old Wharf Road, King Edward Street and High Street roundabout is going well, with stage one on track to be completed by Monday 18 October. Once this stage is completed, Old Wharf Road will be reopened.

On Monday 18 October, we will move onto stage two of the roundabout construction, where we will work on the North West corner of the intersection in front of the Clock Tower.

We are still on track to start stage 3 in early November, which involves work on the south western corner in front of the Department of Conservation building.

There will be no road closures or detours during the day at this intersection while we construct stage two and stage three of the roundabout.

The diagram below shows the work zone for Stage 2 of the roundabout construction:

Speed review

On Monday 11 October formal consultation will start on proposed speed limit changes for High Street, Motueka on SH60.

The consultation will run from 11 October to 5 November 2021.

Further information about the speed review, the proposed speed limit changes, and how to make a submission will be on our website from 11 October. 

More information

If you need further information or would like to contact someone about the roundabout works, please email SH60Motueka@nzta.govt.nz or call Hamish Lewis 027 456 7654, or visit the project information site at 175 High Street.

Visit our website www.nzta.govt.nz/sh60-motueka-safety-improvements/