Engine-braking complaints – SH1 Taupiri, Waikato
The Transport Agency is getting a lot of complaints from the Taupiri community about engine-braking noise. This is a busy section of SH1 – the link road upgraded to connect to the Waikato Expressway in 2013.
The agency has signs there asking for no engine braking and would appreciate freight operators raising this issue with their teams. Residents are now supplying the agency with times/dates/company name and some registration numbers. We have said we have a good working co-operative relationship with freight operators on this issue, and find they respond positively when the issue is raised. We need that to continue at Taupiri, so please discuss this with your drivers.
The site has been put on the rotation roster for one of the agency’s noise-detection cameras and we expect locals will continue to supply us with their own evidence. But we would rather deal with this through co-operation within the freight community.
We look forward to a good outcome for all residents and road-users for the next 2-3 years … as the completion of the Huntly section of the Waikato Expressway in 2020 will see most freight bypassing this piece of highway through Taupiri.
Should you have any queries with regards to this, please do not hesitate to contact me or Commercial Transport Manager Rhys Bright rhys.bright@nzta.govt.nz