Transit Regional Office - Auckland
12 January 2005
Motorway resealing affects traffic lanes on Harbour bridge
The moveable lane barrier on the Auckland Harbour Bridge will remain in its present 4/4 (four lanes northbound and four
lanes southbound) configuration until Monday 17 January when it will once again revert to a 5/3 configuration each way
during the morning and evening peak periods.
Transit regional manager (acting), Richard Hancy, says that the moveable barrier is being kept in its Christmas-New Year
configuration (when traffic volumes are generally lower) because of resealing activity being undertaken on the
southbound lanes of the motorway through St Mary's Bay.
'This resealing work, which starts immediately south of the bridge, creates an unevenness on the road surface, making it
impossible to deploy the moveable barrier with any safety. We will start using the barrier again once the work is
completed and will be doing so in the early hours of Monday morning, in time for the morning peak traffic," he says.
Mr Hancy says Transit is using this period to service the two moveable lane barrier machines, which operate twice daily
throughout the year.
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