Cmj Traffic Bulletin: Saturday 30 August to 5 Sept
Cmj Traffic Bulletin: Saturday 30 August To Friday 5 September
Lane and ramp closures continue on the Southern Motorway as work progresses on Stage 1 of the Central Motorway Junction upgrade upgrade project. Some local roads will also be closed.
Saturday 30 August to Friday 5 September:
The Khyber Pass on and off-ramps and sections of Khyber Pass Road - CLOSED midnight Saturday 30 August to 6am Monday 1 September.
Closures are to allow overhead works to take place on the Khyber Pass viaduct. During the closures, motorists using Khyber Pass Road will be diverted through Boston Road and Auburn Street.
The Khyber Pass on and off-ramps and sections of Khyber Pass Road and Boston Road - CLOSED from 8pm until 6am each night from Monday 1 September to Thursday 4 September.
The Gillies Ave on-ramp - CLOSED at night from 8pm to 6am on Monday 1 September and Tuesday 2 September.
The Wellesley Street off-ramp - CLOSED from 7am to 7pm on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 August.
The Wellesley Street and Port off-ramp - CLOSED at night from 8pm Thursday 4 to 6am Friday 5 September.
During these closures, motorists are advised to use alternative on- and off-ramps. Where applicable, alternative routes will be clearly signposted.
All closures are weather permitting, and in the event of bad weather, work will be postponed until the next clear night.
Ongoing closures until 2005:
Southern Motorway between the Gillies Avenue on- and off-ramps and the Symonds Street over-bridge ¡V ongoing lane closures at night until 2005.
Temporary barriers and cones are placed in all areas. Motorists are advised that there could be delays.
The CMJ Project
Stage 1 of Transit¡¦s Central Motorway Junction upgrade project covers the section of motorway between the Upper Queen Street over-bridge and Gillies Avenue on- and off-ramps and is scheduled for completion in 2005.
More information on the project,
including specific closures and changes, can be obtained
from the pThe extension of the project means that there will
be intensive construction activity, and major changes for
motorists, from mid July through to the completion of the
first stage in 2005.
Other changes that will come into
affect in July and August will include:
„PThe Wellesley
Street off-ramp will be closed to all traffic on the night
of 14 July, and will be reduced to one lane until January
2005. roject information centre at the
corner of Stanley Street and Alten Road, Grafton, (open
8.30am ¡V 5.30pm, Monday to Friday), or by phoning the
project office on 0800 To Freeflow (0800 863
733).
„PThe barriers and screens that have separated
southbound traffic from construction activity since
September 2002 will progressively move to the northbound
side, to allow work to continue on the other side of the
motorway. The northbound shoulder between the Gillies Ave
on-ramp and the Khyber Pass off-ramp will be closed from mid
July until
„PWork will move to
the median area of the Southern Motorway from late July.
This will include the removal of existing concrete barriers
and the installation of temporary barriers and screens in
the middle of the motorway. Both north and southbound lanes
will be re-marked to allow for four lanes in each direction.
This will involve major changes for northbound motorists
from early August.
„PAlmorah Road will be closed to all
traffic, including residents¡¦ vehicles, from early August
until the end of 2003.