State Highway 1 South Of Taupō Will Be Closed Tuesday And Wednesday This Week While A Truck Wreck Is Emptied Of Its Cargo By Hand

State Highway 1 south of Taupō will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday this week while a truck wreck is emptied of its cargo by hand. The truck crashed six days ago leaving it in a perilous position above the lake at notorious trouble spot Te Pōporo – Bulli Pt. A Waka Kotaho says the tractor cab of the truck was removed on the day of the accident but the trailer couldn’t be safely retrieved without the risk of its 27-tonne load of frozen goods ending up in the lake. So on Tuesday and Wednesday there will be a full closure of SH1 between Taupō and Turangi to offload the cargo by hand. Motorists need to use SH32 – around the western side of the lake, which extends the usual distance from Taupō to Tūrangi, from 50km to 103km.