New time-lapse footage released today by the NZ Transport Agency shows the dramatic transformation of one of Christchurch’s busiest intersections*, condensing two years of construction into a two-minute video.
Work has now started on safety improvements which aim to prevent people being killed or seriously injured on State Highway 33 from the Te Ngae Junction to Paengaroa.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists of night-time detours on the Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway over the next few weeks while maintenance and other work is carried out.
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Closures start at 9pm and finish at 5am, unless otherwise stated. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 1 December 2017. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
New 110km/h speed limits will come into effect from Monday 11 December for the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road (SH2) and the Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway (SH1).
Drivers using State Highway 1 south of Kaikōura should allow four hours for the trip to or from Christchurch as work intensifies leading into the 15 December opening of the highway north and south.
A 35 metre long wall made out of around 70 steel piles is to be lowered in to the ground to stabilise the earth at the slip site on State Highway 36 Pyes Pa road.
The NZ Transport Agency has welcomed a final Board of Inquiry decision granting consents and designation for the Northern Corridor Improvements project.
Plan ahead, avoid delays and stay safe on our roads this summer is the message from the NZ Transport Agency, as the summer road work season gets underway.
From now until the end of summer contractors will be laying new road surfaces and carrying out pavement rehabilitation work on state highways across Rotorua and eastern Bay of Plenty.