{"id":125505,"date":"2025-11-09T01:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T01:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/125505\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T01:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T01:06:11","slug":"sunlive-traffic-really-jammed-south-of-katikati-sh2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/125505\/","title":{"rendered":"SunLive &#8211; Traffic &#8220;really jammed&#8221; south of Katikati, SH2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists are experiencing long delays between Tauranga and Katikati today due to maintenance work on State Highway 2.<\/p>\n<p>A caller to SunLive reported a delay of 30 minutes around 11am while travelling north on SH2 to Katikati.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the worst. It\u2019s just not moving,\u201d the SunLive reader said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s both ways, stopped still. It\u2019s literally been half an hour and I\u2019m going north, just waiting in the queue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been sitting here 30 minutes, and there must be a massive tail behind me. They\u2019ve just started moving now, but they didn\u2019t let anyone through whatsoever for 30 minutes. It\u2019s really jammed for miles behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/091125SLSPSH2Traffic.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Google Maps Live Traffic shows traffic is moving slowly between Tetley Rd and Lockington Rd on State Highway 2.\u00a0 Image \/ Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>NZTA Waka Kotahi have advised there is maintenance work being carried out this weekend on SH2 between Hot Springs Rd and Tetley Rd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to tree works and drainage on Saturday 8 November and Sunday 9 November there will be Stop\/Stop and Stop\/Go operations in place from 7am to 7pm with 30kph temporary speed restrictions in place,\u201d NZTA said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease drive with care and expect minor delays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorists are experiencing long delays between Tauranga and Katikati today due to maintenance work on State Highway 2.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-125505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}