\u201cQueues might be a little longer when the passing lanes are closed, but there will be minimal impact on your journey time,\u201d NZTA Waikato journey manager Andrew Brosnan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA slightly slower speed doesn\u2019t make for a longer journey overall, as traffic moves more steadily.\u201d<\/p>\n
As SH2 is the main connection between Auckland and the holiday hotspots of the Coromandel Peninsula, Waih\u012b Beach and Tauranga, Brosnan said the moves are about making the state highways safer for everybody.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Christmas shutdown for roadworks will be in place from midday Friday, December 19, and continue through to midnight Sunday, January 4.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe break ensures fewer delays for travellers and gives our hardworking crews a chance to wind down and prepare for a busy start to 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though major work is put on hold, there may be sites under traffic management to keep road users safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the Waikato, the busiest spots are expected to be on SH25 around Tairua township, on SH1 between T\u012brau and Kar\u0101piro and on SH2 between P\u014dkeno and Matamata.<\/p>\n
In the Bay of Plenty, the busiest spots are likely to be on SH2 between Paeroa and Waih\u012b, on SH2 between Tauranga and Katikati and on SH29 over the Kaimai Range.<\/p>\n
For peak travel times, when congestion is likely, check out NZTA\u2019s summer holiday journey planners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cQueues might be a little longer when the passing lanes are closed, but there will be minimal impact…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2840,3041,51,651,22506,2082,8456,42,189,809,23931,3950,1044,546,2686,43,45641,1562,47788,47621,118326,14625,1961,61,40,38,41,39,3946,112,1524,49756,24358],"class_list":["post-188464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-across","tag-agency","tag-auckland","tag-close","tag-coromandel","tag-for","tag-fresh","tag-headlines","tag-holiday","tag-keep","tag-kotahi","tag-lanes","tag-management","tag-measures","tag-moving","tag-news","tag-passing","tag-plenty","tag-rolling","tag-sh2","tag-smoothly","tag-summer","tag-this","tag-to","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-traffic","tag-transport","tag-waikato","tag-waka","tag-wave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188464","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=188464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}