Motorists around the Rotorua and wider Bay of Plenty and Waikato area are being advised to plan ahead and allow extra time while travelling in the area with several big roadwork projects underway.
Heavy rain and other weather events have affected highways in the regions with a small number of slips and damage to roads.
Transport Agency contractors are out in force maintaining the state highways and undertaking vital repairs.
On State Highway 5 at Tumunui, south of Rotorua, motorists should expect lengthy delays and consider using an alternative route as work gets underway next week on a major repair.
Transport Agency contractors will be digging out and replacing a 12m wide, 4m deep stretch of the highway, which has been damaged by a natural process called tunnel erosion.