Media releases

News within "Auckland regional office" in September 2010

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NZTA advice to avoid busy commuter road

27 September 2010 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency is advising commuters to avoid Roscommon Road in Manukau City or risk long delays during the morning peak because of necessary changes to road layouts.

SH20 Walmsley upgrade project

23 September 2010 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

Travellers to and from Auckland International Airport and Manukau will have more reliable and safer journey times when a project to widen a section of SH20 is completed mid 2011.

Plan ahead for changes on new Manukau motorway

21 September 2010 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency is asking motorists to prepare for big changes in Manukau when the westbound lanes of the new SH20-1 Manukau Extension motorway open on Sunday 26 September.

Major roading boost for Kerikeri

16 September 2010 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

Northland road users will enjoy safer, straighter and easier journeys on SH10 at Bulls Gorge, Kerikeri, with the NZTA set to begin construction on a major upgrade to the highway tomorrow. The $7.5m realignment north of Puketona Road (SH11) and 2km south of the Kerikeri Road intersection will increase safety in the area and improve options for freight, tourism and local traffic.

Victoria Park Tunnel excavation underway this week

9 September 2010 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The massive task of removing 160,000 cubic metres of rock and earth to form the trench for the Victoria Park Tunnel is underway -enough to fill a hole eight stories deep and as large as a rugby field.

NZTA welcomes Waterview Connection Board of Inquiry referral

3 September 2010 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) welcomes a Ministerial recommendation to refer its Waterview Connection application for designation and resource consents to a Board of Inquiry - the first ever roading project to use the new national consenting process.

Rob Roy Hotel move makes excellent progress

1 September 2010 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency says contractors have made excellent progress moving Auckland's Rob Roy Hotel nine metres this morning, and the historic building is now 28 metres along the journey to its temporary home.

Aucklanders switch on to biggest ever motorway closure

1 September 2010 12:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

Following the Auckland Regional Transport Authority's announcement of free local rail travel during this weekend's 36 hour southbound closure of the Southern Motorway, the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is reiterating its advice to all Aucklanders to drive only if they have to from 5pm this Saturday.