Waihī to Tauranga corridor update

Construction on the eastern side of SH2 is progressing well, with the new layout at Tetley Road visibly taking shape.

During April, the construction of pavements and kerbing continues, with the plan to have traffic using the eastern (Tetley Road) side by mid-May.

Tetley Road remains temporarily closed between SH2 and Rereatukahia Pā Road until mid-May as construction continues. A detour route is in place through Marshall Road, near Katikati.

This section will continue to see road widening and major intersection improvements until mid-2022

The Morton Road roundabout design is almost complete and the team plans to commence early works mid-2022.

This intersection is located 2.9km from the next northern roundabout proposed for Lockington Road/Matahui

Road, and 3.8km from the next southern roundabout proposed for Apata Station Road.

Early works include the relocation of services, with the main construction works commencing late-2022.

The roundabout will take between six to 12 months to complete, depending on external influences such as resources, weather and staffing.

Building walls, walls and more walls. If you have driven through any of our sites, you may have seen our crews hard at work building retaining walls, especially along Section 4, Athenree to Tanners Point Road recently.

The road corridor north of Katikati is narrow which means there is not a lot of room to widen the existing roadway. In order for us to achieve the desired width of the road, without encroaching on neighbouring property, we need to build retaining walls.

Building these walls is technically challenging, and also significantly changes the look and feel of the road. They are also often built in advance of the main widening works to speed up the construction process.

Next time you are driving through, keep an eye out for this work as we complete more of these incredible walls.

Thank you to a regular SH2 commuter for taking the time for a shout out to some of the SprayMarks team working on the Waihī to Ōmokoroa safety improvements project.

“I would like to pay a compliment to the traffic team working between Ōmokoroa and Katikati, in particular two chaps named Ernst and Neil.

“I commute daily and I see these two men working tirelessly from very early to very late, often 12+ hours apart, it’s abundantly clear these two have pride in their work.

I’ve never seen such well-maintained and tidy sites as the sites they have been working on, I see them daily maintaining the traffic and their sites are by far the fastest with the least amount of delays.

Thanks to them for improving my commute.”