The NZ Transport Agency is advising drivers to plan their journey through Whangarei with the final stage of the upgrade of State Highway 1 getting underway next week.
The NZ Transport Agency is asking motorists to take extra care and allow more time for their journeys on Canterbury highways during the next few weeks as work is completed on a number of bridge repair and road works projects.
Work will begin next week (16 March) to repair the 70-metre section of State Highway 1, south of Kawakawa, where flooding last July caused a significant slip, closing the highway for seven days and requiring a temporary route to be built.
The Ernie Pinches footbridge spanning Auckland’s Southwestern Motorway (State Highway 20) at Mt Roskill has re-opened. It was closed for four months for work linked to the nearby Waterview Connection project.
Following its successful implementation in Auckland, the new online high productivity motor vehicle (HPMV) permitting system will be rolled out by the NZ Transport Agency nationwide. This will enable all HPMV operators to apply for their permits online from mid-March 2015.
The NZ Transport Agency’s contractors are continuing to work to clear several slips in the Lower Buller Gorge area where three vehicles were trapped earlier today.
Stay sharp on the motorway, the Transport Agency is urging drivers, as work on the smart motorway project between Ngauranga and Aotea Quay goes up a gear.
Motorists travelling on the Ngaruawahia section of the Waikato Expressway will be detoured at times from this month while contractors lay the final surface along the route.
Motorists are urged to take care on the roads and allow extra time when travelling in the Western Bay of Plenty during March as a major road reseal programme gets underway.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising commuters in Wellington to plan for more delays on the way home from work this evening, particularly on State Highway 1.