Roadworks on State Highway 2 near Bay View last year. Photo / Warren Buckland
Roadworks on State Highway 2 near Bay View last year. Photo / Warren Buckland
A State Highway 2 resealing job which was to have been carried out at night this week is now not expected to be done before late next month.
National highways agency Waka Kotahi NZTA’s Hawke’s Bay journey manager says the delaying of the work near Bay View is due toa temporary shortage of specialist machinery needed for the resealing at night.
The work was scheduled to start on Monday night, but while no precise date has yet been set, the agency is keen to minimise disruption to traffic and people’s plans, meaning it won’t be done until after Napier’s Art Deco Festival (February 16-19).
“The work will still go ahead, and while exact timing is still to be confirmed, we’re expecting it to begin before the end of next month,” he said.
The chip resurfacing work, south of Fannin St and about five kilometres north of Hawke’s Bay Airport, is expected to take five nights, and when it does happen, contractors will be staging it between 6pm and 6am.
Work began last January to repair a section between Onehunga and Franklin roads, while the section between Kaimata and Franklin roads was repaired in April.
But in June, Waka Kotahi reported the result did not meet expectations and needed to be rectified, and said there had been challenges such as rainfall and contractor staffing.
