Construction of interchange ramps that will link the Northwestern and Southwestern Motorways (State Highways 16 & 20) when Auckland’s Waterview Connection opens in 2017 has reached the halfway point.
Motorists are being advised of delays on State Highway 1 south of the Rakaia township from Monday (12 January) as work gets underway repairing and resurfacing 2.5kms of the highway.
The NZ Transport Agency has been checking all state highways in Canterbury and the West Coast for any damage after this morning’s 6.4 earthquake north of Methven and aftershocks in the Arthur’s Pass area.
State Highway 12 through Waipoua Forest will be closed to all heavy vehicles this Saturday (10 January) to enable the NZ Transport Agency to investigate ground conditions where a section of the highway has slipped into the river below.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that the Auckland Harbour Bridge will be reopened to full capacity on Monday morning, three days ahead of schedule.
The final section of Auckland’s Grafton Gully cycleway, the link connecting the cycleway with the two Universities between Grafton Gully and Symonds Street near Whittaker Place, will be opened tomorrow (24 December).
Traffic on Boxing Day (26 December) will be heavy on regional highways and roads and the NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists to plan for a safe journey and to avoid delays.
The NZ Transport Agency is urging Canterbury/West Coast holidaymakers to take the time to plan their journeys this Christmas/Summer season to stay safe and avoid delays.
The NZ Transport Agency is reminding motorists planning to head away for a well-earned break that preparing for a safe holiday journey is about more than just packing a suitcase.
Holidaymakers will be amongst the first to use a $3.5million roundabout that’s set to improve safety on the way to some of the North Island’s summer hot spots.
From early January 2015, a short section of the northbound lanes of State highway 1 near Lookout Point in Dunedin, will be down to one traffic lane for up to six days.
It’s New Zealand’s busiest section of road south of the Bombay Hills, and major works are ramping up to relieve some of Wellington’s peak congestion problems on State Highway 1 and the surrounding road network.