South Taranaki motorists are now using the newly opened Normanby bypass replacing an overbridge where crashes have resulted in seven deaths and 12 serious injuries since 1995.
More than 7000 vehicles use this section of highway daily according to Stuff. It reports that funding for the bypass came after years of campaigning from South Taranaki District councillors and others.
The next step for the project is the removal of the existing bridge and its southern ramp. NZTA highway manager Ross I’Anson says the structure would be taken down on October 28 to 30.
At present traffic on the new route is restricted to 30km/h, and this would remain until the project is complete in late February.
