With Waitangi Day weekend celebrations from tomorrow, please find our weekly update below:

Another mixed week of summer weather but we continue to relocate underground services and prepare for the closure of Queens Dr / High St roundabout (more information about this here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/186Wyqgt4i/), ongoing extensive earthworks in preparation for piling, continuing with preload surcharge (which improves soil stability and reducing settlement risk of the ground before construction), establishing an in-site haul road, and Wellington Electricity continue to relocate the underground cables throughout the CBD.

Short-term activities that might impact your travel next week include:

• Sunday 8 – Monday 9 February 9pm – 4am – SH2 CLOSED to southbound traffic between Kennedy Good Bridge and Melling Link for new lane marking. Local road detours are available via Lower Hutt. Further work requiring night closures for the highway can be expected throughout February
• Tuesday 10 – Wednesday 11 January 8pm – 5am Rutherford St CLOSED between Margaret/ Daly St roundabout and Melling Link roundabout whilst the new cycle path is installed on the northbound lane of Rutherford St. This cycle path will be operational once the works are complete, and the path behind Harvey Norman will then close; we will update the way-finding signage upon completion. Jetts Lower Hutt Gym members will still have access to the Harvey Norman car park until 9.30pm
• Ongoing through to Thursday 12 February 7pm – 5.30am, Wellington Electricity night works on Rutherford St between Queens Drive and Melling Road, and daytime works on Rutherford St continue, moving on to Dudley St within the next two weeks. No work will take place on Friday / Saturday nights or on public holidays
• Heads up! Wellington Electricity will begin work on Queens Drive on Wednesday 11 February, starting at the Queens Drive/High Street roundabout. To carry out this work safely, both northbound lanes on Queens Drive will need to be closed, along with the section of High Street between Queens Drive and Daly Street. This work is expected to be completed by mid-March, following which crews will continue into the CBD via Laings Road, High Street, and Andrews Avenue. We will continue to provide weekly updates as this work progresses through the area. Please note, letters to impacted businesses and residents are being delivered today
• Ongoing until March, Wellington Electricity currently undertaking underground cable replacement work on Daly Street, which over the next two weeks will be moving into High Street and finishing at the intersection High Street and Laings Road (check out this post for more information https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18HnFEsskq/). To carry out this work safely, traffic management is in place, which includes the loss of some parking, and temporary single-lane closures in Daly Street and High Street
• Ongoing through to March (24/7), Wellington Electricity works have CLOSED the Ewen Bridge on ramp (until mid-February) and a single lane across the bridge into the city (until March); the lane closure off the bridge into the city is also expected to be completed by mid-February. During the work buses are being diverted onto Herbert St. Some parking has been removed to do that safely. Drivers from Petone, this means you need to either change your route and use Hutt Road / Railway Avenue to access Lower Hutt, or travel under Railway Avenue, onto Marsden St, and then turn left on to Railway Avenue from Aglionby, Herbert or Parliament Sts. Please follow the diversion signs and any instructions given by the traffic management crews, and DO NOT make a U-turn from Victoria St directly on to Railway Avenue over the bridge. Pedestrians and cyclists, footpaths on both sides of Ewen Bridge remain open
• Activities on Marsden St and Market Grove have been completed, although the team are still working in the car park on Ward St (this includes night works across the roundabout at Queens Dr on Sunday 8th February (5pm -11pm) to minimise traffic disruption)
• Ongoing Wellington Electricity works on Connolly St (currently at Mills St, progressing towards Connolly St pedestrian crossing within the next two weeks). To find out more about the progress of the Wellington Electricity works, please visit https://www.welectricity.co.nz/major-projects/teawakairangi

Please also remember the following long-term closures are in place:

• Queens Drive is CLOSED between Rutherford St and High St until approximately 2029
• The northern section of the Riverbank car park is permanently CLOSED to vehicles and pedestrians. Pedestrians and cyclists, please use the alternative paths as marked on the signage
• The Hutt River Trail on the western side of the river (from ~800m south of Kennedy Good Bridge to 500m north of Ewen Bridge) is CLOSED, please use the path on the eastern (city) side of the river.
• Melling Station including the car park and the Melling Park & Ride facilities are CLOSED. The train now begins and ends at Western Hutt, with extra parking available at Petone Station. For other travel options visit: www.metlink.org.nz/mellingstation
• Pharazyn Street is CLOSED from near Marsden Street to Block Road until approximately 2029
• Block Road and the pedestrian crossing from Tirohanga Rd over SH2 to Block Rd are permanently CLOSED.

The short term and long term closures are represented on the map below, which also includes the paths currently open for pedestrians and cyclists

We’re aware our programme of works is causing disruptions, so please plan ahead, allow extra time for your journey as you move in and around the city, and have patience with other drivers. Remember to merge like a zip and not block roundabout exits to enable traffic to keep flowing smoothly.

We thank you for your support, patience and for travelling through our project area with care.

We wish you a relaxing and safe long weekend.

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For full details, visit https://teawakairangi.co.nz/our-projects/our-projects

Source: Te Awa Kairangi – Delivering Riverlink

05/02/26