Work is now underway on the $50 million upgrade of the Ngauranga Gorge to Aotea Quay section of Wellington’s urban motorway. The result will be New Zealand’s first ever ‘smart motorway’.
While it’s hard to understand why Wellingtonians would want to stray far from the Capital’s perfect weather this summer, the NZ Transport Agency is reminding Wellington motorists that if they do plan to head away, preparing for holiday journeys is about more than just packing a suitcase.
The two northbound clip-on lanes of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, as well as the Curran Street on-ramp and Stafford Road off-ramp will be closed over the Christmas-New Year holiday period for annual resurfacing work.
Waterview’s huge tunnel boring machine (TBM), Alice, has been re-launched and is now making a careful start constructing the second of the 2.4km twin tunnels that will connect Auckland’s Southwestern and Northwestern motorways.
The latest addition to Auckland’s roading network has been opened this morning on the Northern Motorway (State Highway 1) between Upper Harbour Highway and Greville Road interchange.
The NZ Transport Agency advises drivers that the SEART (South-Eastern Highway) off ramp in Auckland will be closed tonight (Monday night) for emergency works to a guardrail after a crash caused extensive damage.
Having the right conversations was essential to successfully overhauling the Transport Agency’s Funding Assistance Rate system for the first time in 30 years.
Work on the MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway has been under way for a year. Minister of Transport Simon Bridges visited the M2PP Alliance this month to help celebrate the birthday.
Major changes to the certificate of fitness regime are cutting compliance costs and opening up new commercial opportunities for transport operators around the country.