Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Work to resurface the State Highway 2 (SH2) Mohaka slow vehicle bay will begin from next Tuesday (14 January.)
The work is expected to take a fortnight to complete and stop/go traffic management will be in place along a stretch of the southbound lane which runs alongside the slow vehicle bay, south of Raupunga.
A temporary speed limit of 30 km/h will also be in place.
Please expect delays of approximately 10 minutes to your journey, as a result of the work.
Crews will be onsite between 6am to 6pm, every day except Sundays. Outside these hours the stop/go will revert to traffic lights and the 30 km/h temporary speed limit will remain in place.
The slow vehicle bay stretches 650 metres just after the Mohaka Rail Viaduct, about 2 kilometres from Raupunga. The slow vehicle bay is currently closed pending this resurfacing work and will reopen once this work is complete.
In the event of bad weather, work will begin on the next fine day and may extend the programme out.
The Mohaka slow vehicle bay is part of Connecting Tairāwhiti, which is a programme of projects providing more slow vehicle bays and more places to pull off the road safely to check messages or take a break on SH2 and SH35 across the Tairāwhiti and northern Hawke’s Bay regions.
Thank you to all road users for your continued patience while this work is carried out.