As the final part of the strengthening and widening work on the Kakaho Creek Bridge, North Otago, the NZ Transport Agency will reduce the bridge to one lane and one-way only for four weeks from early November.
Road users passing through Rakaia on State Highway 1 south of Christchurch to Ashburton should be ready for short delays after Labour Weekend as the road is resurfaced near Rakaia.
The NZ Transport Agency is extremely concerned at incorrect allegations made this morning about its handling and disposal of material alleged to contain traces of asbestos from sites in the central city and from Russley Road/ Memorial Ave.
Les McKenzie is a West Coaster with a mission: to get as many of his former work mates and their families to Haast for the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Paringa to Haast section of the Haast highway next month - 6 to 8 November.
NZ Transport Agency contractors have completed clearing trees and debris littering State highway 75 between Hill Top and Barry’s Bay after yesterday’s high winds and fires.
Queenstown drivers will notice a change in the road markings on the main state highway Frankton-Ladies Mile from Stalker Road down to the Shotover bridge, probably from this Saturday morning, 10 October.
Due to a vegetation fire, State highway 1 is closed north of the Rakaia River Bridge between Main Rakaia Rd and Frasers Rd. Police and the Fire Service are on site.
Lane restrictions will be in place on the Otira Gorge, State highway 73, at the Rock Shelter for at least the next two weeks. The road is the main alpine pass between the West Coast and Canterbury.
By 6pm tonight, 1 October, the NZ Transport Agency is aiming to have both lanes open at the site of yesterday’s rockfall at the Rock Shelter, Otira Gorge, State highway 73.
