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0 Devils Elbow planned closures January 2026

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  • by Stuart Gunn
  • 15-12-2025
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NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi - Hawke’s Bay & Gisborne

 
We’ll be closing a section of the road overnight in January/February to rebuild 4.5km of the road surface with asphalt, in order to create a smoother drive over the numerous underslip repairs at Devil’s Elbow on SH2.

The new stretch of asphalt will be the final Devil’s Elbow project after two years of Cyclone Gabrielle recovery work in the area.

From Sunday 18 January to Thursday 5 February SH2 between Waikoau Hill and Aropaoanui Road at Tangoio will be closed overnight in both directions (5 nights each week). Closure times are 9pm to 5am Sunday to Thursday nights. We’ll reopen the road each morning at 5am, and it’ll be open Friday and Saturday nights.

Roadworkers will be working at night when there are fewer people travelling to minimise disruption as much as possible. Crews and machinery will be working across both lanes, with two asphalt pavers operating side-by-side from the north to the south, laying approximately 3,000 tonnes of asphalt during this closure. A full road closure also means the work will be completed much faster.

There will be no viable detours so please plan your travel around the closure times.

If bad weather or other construction delays the work, the backup nights are Sunday 8 February midnight (12am) to 5am, and then Monday 9 to Friday 13 February (four nights), 9pm to 5am each night.

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