Notification of weight and / or speed limits on bridges
Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, Regulation II
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to regulation 11 (3) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, the Whangarei District Council has fixed the following maximum mass and speed limits for heavy motor vehicles and combinations including a heavy motor vehicle on the bridges described hereunder:
Ararua Road
Bridge No: 168
Location: 5.9km from Bull Road
Maximum weight on any one axle: 3,000kg
Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): (Nil)
Maximum speed limit: 10km/h
Doctors Hill Road
Bridge No: 28
Location: 300m from SH1N
Maximum weight on any one axle: 5,000kg
Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 70% Class 1
Maximum speed limit: 30km/h
Doctors Hill Road
Bridge No: 29
Location: 1.1km from SH1N
Maximum weight on any one axle: 4,000kg
Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 60% General Access
Maximum speed limit: 10km/h
Hayward Road
Bridge No: 47
Location: 500m from Mangapai Road
Maximum weight on any one axle: 7,300kg
Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 80% Class 1
Maximum speed limit: (Nil)
McAlister Road
Bridge No: 112
Location: 300m from Mangapai Road
Maximum weight on any one axle: 7,300kg
Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 80% Class 1
Maximum speed limit: (Nil)
Millbrook Road
Bridge No: 78
Location: 2.8km from SH1N
Maximum weight on any one axle: (Nil)
Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 44,000kg
Maximum speed limit: (Nil)
Millbrook Road
Bridge No: 120
Location: 800m from SH1N
Maximum weight on any one axle: (Nil)
Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 44,000kg
Maximum speed limit: (Nil)
Old Tokatoka Road
Bridge No: 140
Location: 170m from Waiotira Road
Maximum weight on any one axle: 7,300kg
Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 80% Class 1
Maximum speed limit: (Nil)
Tahere Road
Bridge No: 221
Location: 140m from Patua North Road
Maximum weight on any one axle: 1,500kg
Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 20% Class 1
Maximum speed limit: 30km/h
Thompson Road
Bridge No: 235
Location: 75m from Mangapai Road
Maximum weight on any one axle: 7,300kg
Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 80% Class 1
Maximum speed limit: (Nil)
Timperley Road
Bridge No: 238
Location: 75m from Whangarei Heads Road
Maximum weight on any one axle: 5,000kg
Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 44,000kg
Maximum speed limit: 10km/h
Wilson Road
Bridge No: 279
Location: 1km from Mangakahia Road
Maximum weight on any one axle: (Nil)
Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 44,000kg
Maximum speed limit: (Nil)
Attention is drawn to the applicable penalties and infringement fees set out in Schedule 1A or Part 3 of Schedule 1B of the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999, which apply to infringements of these limits.
S Weston
Chief Executive Officer
March 2026