\u201cWe acknowledge that our earlier plan to deliver these works using a full road closure didn\u2019t fully consider the impact on traffic flows and the people of Rotorua,\u201d NZTA Bay of Plenty system manager Sandra King said in a statement today.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the past three weeks, our team has worked closely with our contractor Higgins and Rotorua Lakes Council to develop a new approach that balances keeping traffic moving while completing the work safely and efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n
The road would be closed for three months from 7pm to 6am, Sunday to Thursday (open Friday and Saturday nights), NZ Transport Agency said.<\/p>\n
All four lanes would be open to traffic during the day, with access to the footpath maintained for pedestrians and cyclists.<\/p>\n
The work will start on the eastbound lanes of SH30A between Te Ngae Rd and Hinemaru St, before moving to the westbound lanes. <\/p>\n
King said during the day, the road would remain open with a temporary speed limit. <\/p>\n
A map showing the detour route during the closure. Image\/ NZTA<\/p>\n
She said drivers should expect an uneven surface with ramps at each end of the worksite. <\/p>\n
King said the pavement on SH30A has been patched for many years now and requires a full asphalt rebuild. She said as a key urban route, these repairs are a priority to prevent pavement failures next winter.<\/p>\n
The road also sits within an active geothermal zone, affecting the foundations and adding complexity to the job, King said.<\/p>\n
Before work begins, the team would carry out investigations to identify any potential issues, such as tomos, so these can be addressed before digging out the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe acknowledge that our earlier plan to deliver these works using a full road closure didn\u2019t fully consider…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[138679,682,5432,15211,42,138680,68199,4277,9878,43,1536,138681,2551,13084,17152,39574,1327,63502,1551,83659,4497,61,40,38,41,39,8222,686,15146],"class_list":["post-234069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-amohau","tag-being","tag-between","tag-drivers","tag-headlines","tag-hinemaru","tag-january","tag-key","tag-monday","tag-news","tag-next","tag-ngae","tag-night","tag-prepare","tag-rebuild","tag-roadworks","tag-rotorua","tag-route","tag-set","tag-sh30a","tag-start","tag-to","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-warned","tag-week","tag-works"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234069","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=234069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}