Regular users of State Highway 58 need to be ready for planned maintenance that will require a night closure on the route later this month.

The closure is scheduled for Sunday, 14 September, between 10 pm and 4 am. State Highway 58 will be closed between the State Highway 2 Haywards interchange and the State Highway 1 (Transmission Gully) Pāuatahanui interchange.

Contractors will repair safety barriers, maintain vegetation, complete culvert inspections and other general maintenance work.

The closure is part of a new approach being trialled on State Highway 58. Similar to that used on State Highway 2 Remutaka Hill, closures are being timed at night to coincide with lower traffic volumes,  minimising disruption and delays.

They are also regularly scheduled so the public can have clear expectations of when they will happen and can plan in advance for them.

Full closures allow maintenance work to be completed much faster. They reduce traffic management costs and are far less disruptive than daytime road works under stop/go traffic management.

Escorted access will be available for affected businesses and residents within the closure area, and emergency services will have access through State Highway 58 at all times.

There will be no nightly escorts for other road users travelling between the Hutt Valley and Pāuatahanui.

Westbound traffic will have to detour via State Highway 2 to Ngauranga and then use State Highway 1. Eastbound traffic will have to use State Highway 1, then State Highway 2.

This is a longer trip, and people will need to allow for extra travel time while the closure is in place.

State Highway 58 – Planned night closures 2025:

View detour map(external link)

Other Works:

Drivers also need to factor in other work happening nearby on State Highway 2

This includes new traffic lights and intersection improvements at the Moonshine Hill Road intersection, a Wellington Water project at Silverstream, resurfacing work on State Highway 2 Upper Hutt, and a planned State Highway 2 Remutaka Hill closure.

• Work about to begin for State Highway 2/Moonshine Hill Road safety improvements(external link)
• Whakawhirinaki - The Silverstream Water Bridge and Shared Path(external link)
• September planned nightworks on the way for State Highway 2, Hutt Valley(external link)
• SH2 Remutaka Hill road night closures(external link)