The NZ Transport Agency is preparing to start work on three State Highway 29 bridges – between the Kaimais and Tauranga – as part of its program of preparing highways for ‘high productivity motor vehicles’.
NZTA highways manager, Brett Gliddon, says the bridge strengthening works form part of a national programme aimed at opening up more key HPMV routes between Auckland, Waikato, and Tauranga.
“Because HPMVs carry more freight per trip, they reduce the number of trips needed – improving productivity and coping with increasing freight volumes,” says Gliddon.
The first of the works will start near Soldiers Road at the Te Ahara Stream bridge on Thursday January 30. Motorists travelling along SH29, are advised to expect delays as there will be a single lane closure with a manual stop/go traffic management operation in place from 7.00am until 6.00pm.
Further lane closures will be required from time to time as the works progress on to the other SH29 bridges at Kopurererua, and Kaukumoutiti over the next four months.
