Traffic notices

Southern Corridor Improvements Project

Welcome to the traffic bulletin for the week

2915 January – 4 February21 January

Traffic bulletins provide a brief overview of likely traffic disruptions for the following week. Full closures are also advertised in the Weekend Herald. Traffic bulletins are complemented by monthly construction updates and quarterly newsletters.

Investigation work will continue during the daytime next week and some shoulder closures are anticipated, but these will not affect traffic movements.

Coming up

• Tuesday 9 February –Sunday 17 January - Night closure of full southbound motorwaysouthbound motorway between SH1 Manukau southbound offramp (Redoubt Road) and also the SH20 southbound offramp (Lambie Drive) through to Takanini southbound onramp (Great South Road). The detour will be via Great South Road to access back at the Takanini Interchange onramp.
  
  

  Work during this closure will include surveying, geotechnical investigations, bridge inspections and service locations. It will also include some clean-up work as a result of the effluent spill on the motorway which happened on Thursday 14 January. The clean-up work may be noisy as it will involve diggers and sucker trucks.

  Night closures are typically from 9pm at night to 5am in the morning. Detours will be in place that will take motorists along local roads, leading back to the next motorway interchange. All detours will be clearly signposted. Please allow extra time for your journeys at night.

  Coming up

  • From Monday 25 January – Day time work on will mean Orams Road near the overbridge and Eugenia Rise will be reduced to one lane in each direction between 9am and 4pm with a stop / go. This is likely to be in place for up to two weeks. The work at Orams Road is geotechnical investigation work using a drill and may be noisy for neighbours during operation. Please allow extra time to travel through the area during this time.
  • Monday 25 January – Night closure of full southbound motorway between SH1 Manukau southbound offramp (Redoubt Road) and also the SH20 southbound offramp (Lambie Drive) through to Takanini southbound onramp (Great South Road).
  • Wednesday 10 FebruaryTuesday 26 January– Night closure of full southbound motorway between Takanini southbound offramp (Great South Road) through to Papakura southbound onramp (Beach Road). Thursday 11 February – Night closure of full northbound motorway between Papakura northbound offramp (Beach Road) through to Takanini northbound onramp (Great South Road).
  • Wednesday 27 January – Night closure of full northbound motorway between Papakura northbound offramp (Beach Road) through to Takanini northbound onramp (Great South Road).
  • Thursday 28 January – Contingency date for any one of the three closures above (e.g. as a result of poor weather conditions).

  Note that this night work has been rescheduled to the dates above. Night work on the motorway from Tuesday 9 FebruaryMonday 25 January is likely to be noisy as it involves the laying of asphalt on the motorway shoulders. More information on this work will be provided in the next bulletin once this work is confirmed. Neighboursand neighbours adjacent to the motorway will also be informed.

  Night closures are typically from 9pm at night to 5am in the morning. Delays such as from rain or progress may mean that a closure is rescheduled to be undertaken over the next available work night. This would also affect any subsequent closures. Detours will be in place that will take motorists along local roads, leading back to the next motorway interchange. All detours will be clearly signposted. Please allow extra time for your journeys at night.

  You can read more background and find out more through our website www.nzta.govt.nz/auckland-southern-corridor .

  If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact our team on free phone 0508 NZTA SCI (0508 6982 724) or email southerncorridor@nzta.govt.nz .