Construction work on the State Highway 1 Brynderwyn improvements project is ramping up as the warmer, drier, summer weather approaches.
During the next four months the New Zealand Transport Agency will be replacing the road surface near the bottom end of the project, south of Waipu Gorge Rd.
The work is scheduled to start in the first week of November and will continue until the middle of February next year.
“If we have good weather we’re aiming to resurface approximately one kilometre before Christmas and another 680m in the new year,” says the agency’s Northland highway manager Brett Gliddon.
Work is also continuing elsewhere on the project, with significant earthworks to elevate the middle section of the project. This means traffic will be moved on to the last section of new road at the beginning of December.
“We’ll also start installing the median wire rope barrier at the top of the hill soon and work down as we complete the road works. This project is all about improving safety on this stretch of the highway and the wire rope barrier is a key aspect of that. By separating north and southbound traffic it reduces the risk of crashes and minimises the impacts of vehicles crossing the centre line,” points out Gliddon.
The project is expected to be completed by February 2017, weather dependent. Wet weather has made ground conditions extremely muddy, causing two months’ delay.
More information on the project can be found at: nzta.govt.nz/projects/sh1-brynderwyn-hills.
