A stretch of State Highway 2 Hawke’s Bay Expressway, just south of the airport, will be closed for one night of planned maintenance.

The state highway will close, between the Prebensen Drive and Watchman Road roundabouts from  9pm on Sunday 1 December. This section of road will reopen at 4am on Monday 2 December in time for early morning airport traffic.

Crews will be working on Ahuriri Estuary Bridge, next to the old bridge estuary walkway. The work involves completing joint repairs on the bridge.

A signposted detour will be in place during this closure, for all traffic, including heavy vehicles. Traffic will be detoured down Meeanee Quay, Pandora Road, Hyderabad Road and Prebensen Drive, before rejoining Hawke’s Bay Expressway. The detour will be in reverse for northbound vehicles.