A section of State Highway 2 in Papamoa will be closed each night next week while work on the Tauranga Eastern Link continues.

The NZ Transport Agency states from Sunday, SH2 between Domain Rd and Welcome Bay Road will be closed as contractors construct the Te Puke approach to the new Domain Road interchange roundabout.

An aerial view of the construction work at the Domain Road interchange earlier this year. Photo: NZTA.

A detour via Domain Road, Tara Road, Parton Road and Bell Road will be in place during the road closures.

From 6am to 6pm on Sunday eastbound traffic, from Tauranga to Te Puke, will be diverted and then from 6pm to 6am on Monday, traffic in both directions will be diverted.

Each night from Monday, September 8 to Friday, September 12, between 7pm and 6am both directions of traffic will be diverted.

The Domain Road interchange roundabout will connect traffic between Te Puke and Papamoa and will run underneath the TEL.

Sunday, September 7:

· 6am to 6pm eastbound traffic diverted (Tauranga to Te Puke)

· 6pm to 6am both directions diverted - eastbound (Tauranga to Te Puke) and westbound (Te Puke to Tauranga)

Each night from Monday, September 8 through to Friday, September 12

· 7pm to 6am both directions diverted - eastbound (Tauranga to Te Puke) and westbound (Te Puke to Tauranga)