The NZ Transport Agency will improve safety for Kapiti motorists with the construction of a new road between the southern end of Emerald Glen Road and the northern side of the MacKays Crossing roundabout which joins State Highway 1, approximately one kilometre south of Paraparaumu on the Kapiti Coast.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) advises motorists heading south on State Highway 1 that the scheduled closure of the motorway off-ramp onto Aotea Quay will be extended from Monday 20 September to Thursday 14 October 2010.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says it is still on track to re-open at least one lane of State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura to traffic on Thursday, after the highway was closed by a huge land slip last Friday night.
A public open day to gain feedback on options identified by the NZ Transport Agency's investigation into the long-term solution for the Hairini Link corridor will be held on Wednesday September 22 at Tauranga Boys' College Gym 2, between 4pm and 8pm.
The NZTA says it has now opened the inland Kaikoura Route 70, previously a light vehicle detour around the massive slip on State Highway 1 near Kaikoura, to buses and light trucks not towing trailers.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says it will be this Thursday at the earliest before State Highway 1 at Peketa about 8km south of Kaikoura reopens, after being closed since Friday night by a massive slip.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says it will be Monday morning before it is in position to say when State Highway 1 about 15km south of Kaikoura will re-open, following a major slip last night.
The NZTA this week released the tender to extend Kaituna Road - one of the support projects preceding the main construction of the Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL).
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that the Lyttelton Tunnel will be periodically closed to traffic in the days ahead in order to allow for the safe passage of fuel and gas trucks through the tunnel. Delays of up to ten minutes can be expected during the closures.
The massive task of removing 160,000 cubic metres of rock and earth to form the trench for the Victoria Park Tunnel is underway -enough to fill a hole eight stories deep and as large as a rugby field.