Major Closures on the Northwestern Motorway (SH16) northbound Sat 16 to Sun 17 July 2016Great North Road citybound loop road on-ramp weekend closure
Introduction
- The Northwestern Motorway (SH16) will be closed northbound from Great North Road to Patiki Road from 8pm Sat 16 to 10am Sun 17 July 2016. Rosebank Road off-ramp will also be closed.
- All northbound lanes along SH16 will be closed from Great North Road to Patiki Road to enable the team to connect the existing Causeway bridge to the new bridge which has been constructed on the eastern side.
- This is called a bridge stitch and involves pouring concrete to connect the two structures. The concrete takes about 12 hours to gain sufficient strength and as vibrations from passing traffic will impact on the hardening process all northbound lanes need to be closed.
- View the detour routes below. Those motorists wanting to travel to Te Atatu should continue down Ash Road rather than re-join the motorway at Patiki Road.
- Please note that all southbound lanes (towards city), the Rosebank Road on-ramp and the Northwestern cycleway will remain open throughout the weekend.
If planned work does not occur Sat 16/Sun 17 July,
please know it will roll over to the following weekend, Sat 23/Sun 24 July 2016
Detour
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Communications
There has been extensive communication with key stakeholders in advance of these closures and diversion.
This includes:
- notification to emergency services, National Road Carriers, Cycle Action Auckland (the north-western cycleway will remain open throughout the weekend), event venues and other key stakeholders
- NZ Transport Agency, Auckland Transport, Auckland Traffic Operations Centre and Auckland Motorways Alliance
- variable message signs
- media release
- social media plus boost.
More information
If you would like additional information, contact:
Barbara Ware
Communications and Stakeholder Advisor
022 082 1164
barbara.ware@sh16causeway.co.nz
The Great North Road city-bound loop on-ramp will be closed 10pm Fri 29 April to 5am Mon 2 May 2016 . Detour routes are shown below.
The weekend closure will enable the Causeway Alliance team to complete the new loop road on-ramp.
Please plan your journey. Whilst the closure is just at the Great North Road city-bound loop on-ramp, busy conditions are likely to be experienced widespread locally from Rosebank through to Western Springs.
Detour routes for on-ramp closure
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View a larger version of the detour route .
More Information
Please contact Barbara Ware , Communications and Stakeholder Advisor, if you would like additional information.