Media releases

News within "Auckland regional office" in April 2011

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NZTA welcomes improvement in Auckland taxi standards

26 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency is welcoming a significant improvement in the standards of vehicles and driver safety in Auckland's taxi industry over the past four years.

NZTA thumbs up for Auckland Harbour Bridge cycle event

26 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency has approved a request to use the Auckland Harbour Bridge for a new cycle event that could attract as many as 9000 competitors.

NZTA says plan for safe Easter holiday travel

19 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

State Highways to and from Auckland will be busy during the Easter holiday break, and the NZ Transport Agency advises people to plan the time of their travel to avoid congestion and delays.

NZ Transport Agency plans safety tests at toll road tunnels

18 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) will test the operation of the warning signals and traffic barriers located at each end of the Johnstone's Hill Tunnels on the Northern Gateway Toll Road later this month.

NZTA closing CBD on-ramp to deliver Victoria Park tunnel early

18 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency will close the Wellington Street motorway on ramp in Auckland's CBD on May 2 for seven months to complete critical construction work on the Victoria Park Tunnel.

Motorway closures near Auckland airport for safety upgrade

15 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency will be closing sections of the motorway links to and from Auckland International Airport overnight on four consecutive days starting this Sunday, 17 April.

Rob Roy Hotel arrives home early and safely

13 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency says one of Auckland's oldest pubs - the Rob Roy Hotel - has been returned safely to its original site opposite Victoria Park west of the city's CBD.

Noise walls to showcase local artwork

12 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

Painting has started on the noise walls along sections of the NZ Transport Agency's SH18 Hobsonville Deviation and SH16 Brigham Creek Extension motorway project as completion of the of the new highway takes a step closer.

NZTA resumes Rob Roy "pub crawl"

12 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency and its partners on the Victoria Park Tunnel project "pulled" Auckland's oldest pub - the Rob Roy Hotel - the first 1.8 metres of its 44 metre-long journey back to its original site at 9.05am today.

Rob Roy "pub crawl" gathers pace

12 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency says good progress is being made shifting the Rob Roy Hotel - Auckland's oldest pub - back to its original site opposite Victoria Park, west of the city's CBD.

Rob Roy Hotel halfway home

12 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency says the first stage of the operation to shift the Rob Roy Hotel - one of Auckland's oldest pubs - back to its original sight opposite Victoria Park west of the city's CBD has been completed successfully.

Diary note: Moving the Rob Roy Hotel back

11 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The 125-year-old Rob Roy Hotel in Freemans Bay will be moved back to its original location tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wednesday (12 and 13 April). The move will start at approximately 7.30 am and is expected to take at least two days. Work will finish at approximately 6pm each day.

NZTA to resume Rob Roy Hotel's “pub crawl”

8 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The historic Rob Roy Hotel, being protected by the NZ Transport Agency as part of the Victoria Park Tunnel project in central Auckland, will be returned next Tuesday and Wednesday (12 and 13 April) to the exact spot it was built on 125 years ago. Only now, that spot is on the roof of the motorway tunnel.

Vic Park Tunnel speeding towards early finish

7 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

Drivers can start using the Auckland's Victoria Park Tunnel in central Auckland this November, months earlier than planned as the NZ Transport Agency's $340m project to ease motorway congestion in the central city area heads towards an early finish.

Southwestern Motorway closure for safety upgrade

6 April 2011 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency will close a section of the southbound lanes on Auckland's Southwestern Motorway (State Highway 20) on Monday and Tuesday night (11 and 12 April) for work associated with improvements to the Walmsley Road interchange at Mangere Bridge.