Changes are being made to the layout of the SH1 Hill Street intersection in Warkworth as work progresses to improve safety and traffic flow.
The right turn from SH1 into Hill Street will be permanently closed on Monday 1 December.
Removing one movement from the traffic light sequence will give more ‘green time’ to other, more frequent movements at the intersection and improve efficiency. The removal will also provide the space needed for work crews to widen the southbound approach to the intersection.
Truck drivers and motorists wishing to access Hill Street from SH1 are asked to follow a new signposted route via Hudson Road and Falls Road.
“The contractors Wharehine are on track to complete all the improvements before Easter 2015,” says NZTA highway manager Brett Gliddon.
“Shoulder closures will remain in place during construction and some stop/go traffic management will be required, ” he says.
The improvements include:
- widening the corresponding southbound approach, which will add some capacity for traffic turning left into Matakana Road which is currently under construction and will be completed before Christmas
- removing the southbound right turn lane from SH1 into Hill Street which will be closed from 1 December
- a new wider shared path on the western side of SH1 for pedestrians and cyclists of which construction to start early 2015
- improving the connection between Sandspit Road and Elizabeth Street by early 2015.
Information about the interim improvements at Hill Street is available on the website at nzta.govt.nz/warkworth
