Overnight closures are needed at the Southern Connection, on State Highway 1 (SH1) north of the Johnstones Hill Tunnels, to carry out the thermoplastic line marking to complete the final road layout.

This area was recently paved with the final OGPA asphalt, and thermoplastic lining (a long-life road marking material) can only be put down a minimum of four weeks after the paving has taken place.

To facilitate these works, SH1 northbound (Silverdale to Pūhoi) and southbound (Pūhoi to Grand Drive) will be closed from 9pm to 5am on:

• Sunday 14 May to Thursday 18 May

• Sunday 21 May to Thursday 25 May

When the closures are in place, there will be a detour along Hibiscus Coast Highway (HCH) and/or SH16. A stop/go operation will be in place on HCH to manage traffic safely.

This work is highly weather dependant and can’t be done in the rain or if the ground is wet. The team have allowed contingency in these two weeks, however if there is significant rain during these dates, the work will need to be pushed out to the next fine night. To keep up to date with the closures, please check here or the project website nx2group.com

While all efforts have been made to limit disruption to traffic flows, we encourage you to plan your journey over this time and check the Waka Kotahi Journey Planner before heading out https://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/

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