INTERSECTION UPGRADE NOW UNDERWAY

WORK HAS BEEN brought forward for the upgrade of the Horomatangi and Ruapehu intersection, with contractors Camex starting on preparatory work for the installation of a roundabout and pedestrian crossings this week.

The intersection is being upgraded as part of the Taupō Town Centre Transformation project which received $20.6 million in government funding earlier in the year, with the aim of creating an attractive, people-friendly town centre.

The roads will continue to remain open during the day this week, with a revised schedule of road closures for the rest of the project available at taupo.govt.nz/towncentretransformation.

We have asked the contractors to keep the roads open as much as possible, with a lot of night work to be completed. The roundabout and pedestrian crossings are expected to be complete by Wednesday December 23 with contractors then returning on January 6 to complete the landscaping and repaving for each corner.