SH5 roadworks start

Yearlong roadworks to improve safety on State Highway 5, Tarukenga to Ngongotaha¯, and ease congestion at the existing SH5 and SH36 roundabout will get under way from Monday. The $14 million project is part of the regional package in the NZ Upgrade Programme announced in 2020. Improvements include a newwide centreline for SH5, sections of flexible median safety barrier, roadside barriers, rumble strips and shortening the existing passing lane. Works will take 12 months.