Mahurangi Matters, 15 August 2022 – Off the Record

Speeding

Regular motorists travelling between Warkworth and Auckland may have noticed a drop in the speed limit on the new motorway section at Puhoi.

NX2 project director Rob Jones told a Warkworth Liaison Group meeting that when the section opened the speed limit was set at 60kph, but very few motorists observed the limit, putting workers in danger.

The top speed recorded was 130kph. The limit is now 50kph.

And still on the motorway project, Jones also shared the knowledge that despite rumours that NX2 was building a KFC at the northern end of the motorway, the building was, in fact, a maintenance and management building.