The new Te Maunga interchange, at the State Highway 2 and 29A intersection at Baypark, will partially open late Monday night, 4 July, taking traffic over State Highway 2.
State Highway 54 Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road will be closed between the intersections of State Highway 3 Rangitikei Line and Milson Line in Palmerston North for five days beginning Monday 11 July for maintenance.
It’s well known that the Waikato region is a fantastic place to be during the colder months of the year, especially with the ski fields on Mt Ruapehu set to open early July.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Taranaki maintenance contractor, Downer, has delivered a large maintenance programme over the 2021/22 summer construction season, despite challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and severe weather events.
Taranaki has been hit hard by the severe weather that’s battered the country lately with a number of large slips and potholes occurring on the roading network.
Work to replace the deck and beams on the Mangaotama Stream bridge on State Highway 39 south of Ngāhinapōuri, is almost complete, with the bridge reopening to traffic by Tuesday evening 28 June.
Recent wild weather has left Central North Island state highway road maintenance contractors with a big clean-up job to ensure people and freight can continue to move safely and efficiently around the region.
After working through a pretty windy and wet few weeks, urgent work to stabilise the riverbank opposite Tuhourangi Marae on the Te Puke Highway has been successfully completed.
The recent spate of wet weather has had a significant impact on the state highway roading network across New Zealand, including in the Bay of Plenty region, where repair work is taking place throughout the second half of June into early July.
Early works are progressing well in preparation for the installation of a cableway for the Te Ara o Te Ata: Mt Messenger Bypass project later this year.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says the improvements to State Highway 57 near Levin will make the road far safer for everyone who uses it, and is encouraging people to be patient and take care as they adjust to the changes to the road’s layout.
State Highway 3 through the Awakino Gorge is currently down to one lane due to a dropout just south of SH3 Kuriwera Bridge and Awakau Road intersection.