A major safety upgrade of what the New Zealand Transport Agency has described as "one of the North Island's highest risk intersections" is set to get under way before the end of the month.
The Meeanee Quay/Watchman Rd intersection with SH2 just south of Hawke's Bay Airport is set for a major revamp which is expected to take about 14 months to complete.
The contract to carry out to project has been awarded to Higgins Construction.
The overall project will see a range of improvements to both the intersection, which has a poor safety record, and Watchman Rd which presently runs to the southern end of the airport.
Work will see the construction of a roundabout at the intersection, widening and strengthening of Watchman Rd, and the construction of a new road from Hawke's Bay Airport to link through to Watchman Rd.