February’s focus is on resealing and line marking stretches of two state highways in Napier.

Crews will be turning their attention to resealing a stretch of State Highway 50 at Ahuriri and line marking a stretch of State Highway 51 through Awatoto.

SH50 Ahuriri

A stretch of SH50 between the Customs Quay/Bridge St roundabout and the Pandora Road roundabout will be closed overnight on Sunday 1 February and Monday 2 February.

This stretch of road will close between 8pm and 5am each night, with work finishing early Tuesday morning.

Detours will be in place:

• Detour for light vehicles: Hyderabad Road, Thackeray Street and Tennyson Street onto Marine Parade, Breakwater Road and onto Ahuriri Bypass (and reverse).
• Detour for HPMV: Hyderabad Road, SH51 Georges Drive, SH51 Ellison Street, Marine Parade (and reverse)

During the work, both roundabouts will remain open. Access to SH50 will be closed from Battery Road, Ossian Street, Lever Street and Riddell Street.

This work is weather and temperature dependent and may change at short notice. Contingency dates are the following weekend Sunday 8 and Monday 9 February

SH51 Awatoto, between Ellison Street and Waitangi Road

Further south, new longer lasting high performance road marking will be installed on SH51 between Ellison Street and Waitangi Road.

The work will be carried out in sections during a mix of full closures and stop/go traffic management.

• Stage 1: Full closure between Ellison Street to Awatoto Road
  • Monday 2 to Thursday 5 February, 8pm-5am each night (4 nights). The road will reopen 5am Friday 6 February
  • Detour for light vehicles via Te Awa Avenue
• Stage 2: Full closure between Awatoto Road to Waitangi Road
  • Monday 9 to Thursday 12 February, 8pm-5am each night (4 nights). The road will reopen 5am Friday 13 February
  • Detour for both directions will be via Waitangi Road. Stop/go traffic management will be in place to facilitate the one-way section of Waitangi Road/SH51 intersection.
• Stage 3: Stop/go traffic management between Waitangi Road to Tutaekuri River Bridge
  • Monday 16 to Thursday 19 February, 8pm-5am each night (4 nights)
  • No detour required as this work is under stop/go at nights.

Access for emergency services, residents and businesses will remain open during closures.