Full overnight closures – Kaimai Range

State Highway 29 (SH29) will be closed overnight this Sunday 13 and Monday 14 September, 8pm to 3am, while crews complete the final stage of safety and resilience works at the Ruahihi Bluffs and carry out other maintenance activities along the corridor.

The work includes installing the final components of a rockfall protection system designed to help prevent falling rocks from reaching the state highway. This will provide added protection for everyone travelling on the road below.

The road will be closed to through-traffic between the SH29/SH24 and SH29/SH28 intersections and the SH29/Redwood Lane/Kaweroa Drive roundabout.

A further night of stop/stop traffic management will be in place on Friday 18 September (8pm to 3am) while the worksite is removed. Significant delays are expected. Plan ahead, allow extra travel time and avoid travelling over SH29 during these times if possible.

Also coming up on SH29 between Tauranga and the Kaimai Summit:

SH29 Lower Kaimai: We’re renewing the road surface on SH29 between Valley View and Soldiers roads, from Sunday 13 September until December (weather permitting). This work involves milling the existing surface and laying new asphalt. Lane closures and temporary speed limits will be in place during the day, with minor delays expected. At night, 8pm to 5am, road users should expect stop/go traffic management while paving takes place with short delays of up to 5 minutes. Please take care when travelling through the area. 
 

SH29 Ōmanawa Bridge: Construction is underway on SH29 between Ōmanawa Bridge and the Ōmanawa Road intersection. A temporary 50km/h speed limit is in place. Night works continue Monday 14 through to Friday 18 September between 8pm and 4:30am, with stop/go traffic management and lane shifts in place.

Bay of Plenty 

Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty 
 
Work starting next week 

• SH2 North, Woodland Road: A section of SH2 near Woodland Road will be rebuilt over the next 9 weeks, starting on Wednesday 16 September. Work will take place during the day between 6:30am and 6pm each day, with occasional night work. Traffic will be reduced to one lane and a lower speed limit in place while the work is ongoing. Delays of up to 10 minutes are expected. 
   

• SH2 Paengaroa: There will be a 24/7 closure on SH2 near the Te Puke Golf Club from 5am Saturday 12 September to 6am Monday 14 September. This work is to enable KiwiRail to upgrade the level crossing. The detour for all vehicles is via Maniatutu Road and Old Coach Road back to SH2. More information 

Work starting soon 
 

• Cambridge Road, Tauriko: From Wednesday 23 September, a new pedestrian layby will be installed in the road median outside 579 Cambridge Road. This is expected to take 3 days. Temporary traffic management will include a stop/go operation between 563 and 587 Cambridge Road from 9am to 3pm. These works are weather dependent and may be rescheduled to the next suitable shift if delayed. 

Work underway 

• SH29 Tauriko Village: Construction continues along the southern side of SH29, with a temporary 50km/h speed limit in place through Tauriko Village. Watermain installation works are ongoing between Te Ara Hoia Drive and 855 SH29, with shoulder closures, reduced speed limits, lane shifts, and mobile operations as required. Temporary safety barriers have been installed between 820 SH29 and 808 SH29 for stormwater works, with lane shifts, narrowed lanes, and reduced speed limits in effect. A temporary road layout remains in place on SH29, between the Cambridge Road intersection and the SH29/SH36 roundabout, for stormwater works. Temporary traffic management includes safety barriers, lane shifts, and reduced speed limits. The slip lane from SH29 onto Takitimu Drive Toll Road at the SH29/SH36 roundabout has been temporarily narrowed during these works, with a wide shoulder closure in place. Over dimension vehicles are required to travel via SH36, Paraone Koikoi Drive, Matakokiri Drive and Kaweroa Drive back out to SH29. More information 
   

• SH29/SH36 roundabout: The slip lane from SH29 onto Takitimu Drive Toll Road at the SH29/SH36 roundabout is closed for approximately 6 weeks while drainage works is completed. Access to Takitimu Drive Toll Road will be maintained via the roundabout. 

• SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road: A reduced speed limit of 70km/h remains in place while crews are working behind the barriers on the construction of this major interchange for the Takitimu North Link Stage 1 project. More information 

• SH2/Fifteenth Avenue: The bridge structure is completed. Crews are now installing drainage and building the approaches at the top of Fifteenth Avenue, and panels are being installed along the large soil nail wall with the remaining panels to be installed in late September, following pavement works at ground level. The lane closure near Edgecumbe Road will stay in place to late 2026. Road widening work is underway at the bottom of the Fifteenth Avenue bridge towards Tauriko. An extended lane closure and lane diversion is in place on SH2 between Eleventh Avenue off-ramp and SH29/Takitimu Drive Toll Road. More information 
   

• SH2/Pahoia/Esdaile intersection: Construction of the new roundabout is underway. Lanes shifts, reduced speed limits and intermittent stop/go traffic management may result in longer delays. 
   

• SH2 Tauranga Eastern Link / Wairākei Interchange: Tolling infrastructure work is underway on the eastbound/Pāpāmoa off-ramp and westbound/Tauranga on-ramp until late October. A 50km/h speed limit is in place between 7am and 6pm. Please follow traffic management signs and take care. 
   

• SH2 Pukehina: Drainage and road construction has started this week on SH2 at Pukehina taking 5 weeks to complete. Works take place Monday to Saturday between 6am and 6:30pm. Stop/go traffic management will operate during the day, with delays of up to 10 minutes. Traffic management will remain in place outside of work hours. 

Rotorua  
 

Work starting next week 

• SH36 Tauranga Direct Road: SH36 will be closed at the project site, 1km north of Hamurana, overnight on Monday 14 September from 7pm to 6am. If conditions are unsuitable, the closure will move to the next available night. Light vehicle detour – Jackson Road and Central Road to rejoin SH36. Large and heavy vehicles will be detoured via SH29, SH2, SH33, SH30 and SH5. Outside the closure traffic remains reduced to one lane, under temporary traffic management, with minor delays expected. Construction will be complete in 2027. Oversized vehicles are at all times required to detour via SH29, SH2, SH33, SH30 and SH5 for travel between Rotorua and Tauranga.  More information 

 
Eastern Bay of Plenty 

Work underway 

• SH2/Wainui Road, Matekerepu, near Ōpōtiki: A 30km/h temporary speed limit is in place until the final resurfacing on Matekerepu Stream Bridge is completed. This work is weather dependent and expected to be completed by late-September/early October. More information 
   

• SH2/Ōhiwa Beach Road/Waiōtahe Valley Back Road intersections near Ōpōtiki: Works are underway beside SH2 to construct 2 new teardrop roundabouts. SH2 remains open under a 50km/h temporary speed limit. Works are also continuing on local (side) roads, where stop/go traffic management operates from 7am to 6pm with a temporary speed limit of 30km/h. Road surfaces may be uneven in places, so please allow extra travel time when passing through the area. Completion is expected in mid-2027. More information  
   

• SH35 Whangaparaoa, near Waihau Bay: Underslip repairs near Waihau Bay are underway and expected to continue until the end of September. There will be stop/stop traffic management in place. Up to one-hour delays can be expected during the day to enable crews to work safely through the worksite.