A reminder this Sunday a stretch of State Highway 2 will be closing for a few hours for a Central Hawke’s Bay District Council-led community clean up.

The event, which is part of Keep New Zealand Beautiful week, was run in 2022 on the same stretch of road.

This year, the road will close for 4 hours from 9am til 1pm.

The clean up session will see volunteers planting new plants alongside the road, and clearing weeds in the area.

A sign posted detour will be in place. Northbound road users will be detoured onto Lindsay Road, just north of Waipukurau and onto Ongaonga Road just south of Waipawa, before rejoining SH2. The detour will be in reverse for southbound road users.

The detour will add up to 20 minutes to the journey from Waipawa to Waipukurau.

The detour route is suitable for all vehicles, including high productivity motor vehicles (HPMV) and 50MAX.