The NZ Transport Agency has agreed to cover the costs of recertifications and repairs for vehicle owners affected by the revocation of towbars certified by suspended Heavy Vehicle Specialist Certifier Patrick Chu.
The NZ Transport Agency advises that contractors are about to start tree and vegetation removal on State Highway 1 in the Dome Valley to prepare for safety improvements on this busy state highway.
The NZ Transport Agency has three consecutive late night Lyttelton Tunnel closures coming up. These are on Sunday, 24 February, between 11pm and 4am, and also Monday and Tuesday nights, 25 and 26 February.
Three large and established eucalyptus trees have died in the Kinmont road reserve area near Mosgiel, south of Dunedin. They will be felled in coming weeks.
A significant milestone on the Southern Corridor Improvements project will be achieved overnight on Sunday 10th February with the full opening of the new Takanini northbound on-ramp on to the Southern Motorway (SH1).
The improvements and maintenance of State Highway 73, east of Jacksons, on the main road between the West Coast and Canterbury, have been finished by NZ Transport Agency contractor Fulton Hogan.
A fire has closed State Highway 1, Main South Road, south-west of Christchurch this afternoon as a hot norwest wind blows smoke around the area reducing visibility.
The NZ Transport Agency’s Aspiring Highways team will be installing permanent traffic signals at the Albert Town Bridge. This work in Queenstown Lakes District will start on Monday, 11 February and is expected to be completed by early April.
Tairāwhiti Roads has been granted resource consent to design and install metal balustrades on Gladstone Road Bridge, following calls from the community for see-through railings on the bridge to allow a view over the harbour.
Tolls on the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road on State Highway 2 will increase on 1 March by 10 cents to $2.10 for cars, motorcycles and light commercial vehicles, and by 20 cents to $5.20 for heavy commercial vehicles.
Tolls on the Northern Gateway Toll Road, on State Highway 1 north of Auckland, will increase on 1 March by 10 cents to $2.40 for cars, motorcycles and light commercial vehicles, and by 10 cents to $4.80 for heavy commercial vehicles.