Notification of weight and / or speed limits on bridges

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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