Important information for drivers.

Lower North Island

• The All Blacks will play South Africa at Sky Stadium in Wellington on Saturday night. Drivers are encouraged to plan ahead and to be ready for extra traffic before and after the game
  • Wellingtonians, expect rugby traffic this weekend(external link)
• Road rebuild and drainage works at Ōhau start on 21 September.
  • UPDATE: State Highway 1 rebuild in Ōhau starting soon(external link)
• There will be a night closure on State Highway 58 September between Haywards Hill and Pāuatahanui this Sunday night. Drivers can also expect to see improvements to the double roundabouts at the Transmission Gully interchange from 23 September
  • REMINDER: State Highway 58 - night closure(external link)
  • Permanent roundabout changes for State Highway 58(external link)
• In the Hutt Valley, work on the State Highway 2/Moonshine Hill Road intersection improvements begins and Wellington Water begins its Silverstream Water Bridge and Shared Path project which will affect traffic on State Highway 2.
  • State Highway 2/Moonshine Hill Road safety improvements(external link)
  • Final works to bring the new Silverstream pipe bridge online(external link) (Wellington Water)

Top of the South Island

• There will be three weeks of daytime closures on State Highway 6 Spooners Saddle to allow forestry storm recovery work from 22 September, and slip repairs continue at State Highway 6 Dellows Bluff
  • State Highway 6 Spooners Saddle to close for forestry storm recovery works(external link)
  • Dellows Bluff slip repairs(external link)
• Resilience works on State Highway 6 Whangamoa Saddle are paused as the project prepares to move to its next phase. There will be no stop/go traffic management on  the route until the project resumes. This is anticipated to happen before the end of the month. Updates will be provided before the project restarts.

The details below outline the main planned state highway roadworks occurring in the greater Wellington region and the top of the South Island over the coming week. Further details about regional state highway conditions and roadworks are also published on our website:

• Wellington Roadworks(external link)
• Wellington Transport Alliance(external link)
• Nelson/Marlborough traffic updates(external link)
• Tasman traffic updates(external link)

Weekly roadworks list as at 12 September 2025 [PDF, 327 KB]

Note: Road works are dependent on weather and other factors. Bad weather can see work postponed to the next suitable night in the works programme.