SEVERE WEATHER - NAPIER/GISBORNE

As per Waka Kotahi NZ Transport:

Severe weather warnings are in place for the Napier and Gisborne regions.

Residents are evacuating in low lying areas in Gisborne. Over the last couple of days Napier has experienced continuous rain and the rivers are starting to rise.

 The following road closures are already in place due to flooding:

·       SH2 Matawai and Ormond

·       SH35 Okitu to Ruatoria

SH2 between Napier and Wairoa are closed from 5pm today due to flooding. There will be no access to Gisborne from any direction after 5pm, so no freight will be moving in and around that region. Any freight currently in the network will be moved through the laneways as they re-open, however there will likely be a backlog. Impacted customers will be contacted directly.

We hope to know more by Monday, however at this stage, we do not anticipate reaching Gisborne before Monday.  Please check our website for further updates.

Updated 7:15pm

SH5 between Taupo and Eskdale is now also closed due to flooding and slips. The Hall’s team are re-routing affected units. There will be significant delays to customers in the Hawke’s Bay region.

Updated 10:55am (Friday 23 June)

SH2 between Napier and Wairoa has been reopened after 10am this morning, with weather warnings in place.

Updated 6pm (Saturday 24 June)

SH5 between Napier and Taupo has also been closed, as from 5pm today.

Updated 12:20pm (Sunday 25 June)

SH2 Gisborne to Matawai remains closed.

SH25 is closed on the Thames coast side between Tapu and Waiomu north of Thames

The following state highways are open:

SH5 Napier to Taupo reopened this morning at 8am

SH35 North of Gisborne

SH2 Napier South

SH2 Napier to Gisborne - under temporary traffic management

Updated 8:27am (Tuesday 27 June)

Due to a slip, there is Stop/Go traffic management with a 30km/h temporary speed restriction in place at SH2 between Gisborne and Wairoa. This will impact all freight movements in and out of Gisborne.