Work will start on Monday to remodel a Napier-Taupo highway danger-spot where a man was killed and nine others were injured last year.
The plans were confirmed to Hawke's Bay Today by Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency regional transport system manager Oliver Postings who said the work at the road entrance to the Tarawera Café, formerly the Tarawera Hotel and near the halfway point on the SH2/SH5 route from Napier to Taupo, is to make the entrance safer and easier to access.
"The entrance will be made into a single accessway, rather than separate in and out accessways, to prevent confusion for vehicles wishing to access the cafe," Postings said.
"This also means that the entrance will be located further south to provide better sight distance for northbound vehicles to see vehicles turning right into the cafe."
![The scene last October, including the remains of the barrier through which the truck crashed near the cafe carpark entrance after colliding with a van. Photo / File](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/Q4NFKULQVU2MYZN2UNXJHXS2BE.jpg?auth=7850344cea44ab69e1f027fe591feb6ded1c53746b9505b32b89d92114241f8f&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)