Safety improvements which aim to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries on the Hawke’s Bay Expressway will get underway on Monday 11 February.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that Tatapouri Hill on State Highway 35 will be under stop/go management on Thursday 14 February between 9am and 11am.
The NZ Transport Agency has agreed to cover the costs of recertifications and repairs for vehicle owners affected by the revocation of towbars certified by suspended Heavy Vehicle Specialist Certifier Patrick Chu.
The NZ Transport Agency advises that contractors are about to start tree and vegetation removal on State Highway 1 in the Dome Valley to prepare for safety improvements on this busy state highway.
Three large and established eucalyptus trees have died in the Kinmont road reserve area near Mosgiel, south of Dunedin. They will be felled in coming weeks.
A significant milestone on the Southern Corridor Improvements project will be achieved overnight on Sunday 10th February with the full opening of the new Takanini northbound on-ramp on to the Southern Motorway (SH1).
The improvements and maintenance of State Highway 73, east of Jacksons, on the main road between the West Coast and Canterbury, have been finished by NZ Transport Agency contractor Fulton Hogan.
Tairāwhiti Roads has been granted resource consent to design and install metal balustrades on Gladstone Road Bridge, following calls from the community for see-through railings on the bridge to allow a view over the harbour.
Tolls on the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road on State Highway 2 will increase on 1 March by 10 cents to $2.10 for cars, motorcycles and light commercial vehicles, and by 20 cents to $5.20 for heavy commercial vehicles.
Tolls on the Northern Gateway Toll Road, on State Highway 1 north of Auckland, will increase on 1 March by 10 cents to $2.40 for cars, motorcycles and light commercial vehicles, and by 10 cents to $4.80 for heavy commercial vehicles.
The NZ Transport Agency is urging drivers in Waikato and Bay of Plenty to be aware over the next week of potentially hazardous ‘summer ice’ on the region’s roads.