Traffic will be heavy on highways throughout Auckland and Northland during the Christmas and New Year holiday period, and the NZ Transport Agency is urging drivers to plan ahead to avoid delays and get to their destination safely.
With the holidays just around the corner and New Zealand already well into the season of Christmas parties, barbecues and other well-earned celebrations, the NZ Transport Agency is urging drivers to make the right choices to keep safe on the road.
The holidays are just around the corner, and New Zealand is well and truly into the season of Christmas parties, barbecues and other well-earned celebrations. Those celebrations are often marked with a few drinks, so this is also a time of year when drink-driving becomes a hot topic of conversation.
The NZ Transport Agency says stop/go traffic management and a 30km/h speed restriction will be in place on three sections of State Highway 30 (SH30) near Lake Rotoiti today.
A new campaign targeted at improving driver awareness at rail level crossings has been installed at Lindsay Road, Waipukurau. The ‘Expect a train’ campaign aims to get local drivers off “autopilot’” when crossing rural rail tracks.
The NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Transport have taken another step towards construction of the East West Connections project, confirming that the preferred option will go ahead to the next stage.
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 Thursday 24 December. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
The NZ Transport Agency and Canterbury Police are reminding Banks Peninsula rural property owners of their responsibility to keep animals safely fenced after a significant rise in reports of wandering stock over the last few weeks.
The busy construction year at the NZ Transport Agency’s Waterview Connection project has ended with another huge milestone - the completion of all tunnel excavation works.
Drivers will be given a 14-day reprieve from summer road works from next week, with the NZ Transport Agency announcing there will be no work on Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highways from noon on December 23 until 10am on January 6.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists to expect changes on State Highway 1 between Mackays Crossing and Raumati in the New Year as the Raumati Straights Upgrade kicks up a gear.
Queenstown people used to detouring at Frankton onto Glenda Drive and the Eastern Access Road off State Highway 6 are in for a change from Wednesday, 16 December.
Summer is the time the NZ Transport Agency undertakes most of its road works, to keep state highways and bridges well maintained and safe for drivers and all road users.
