Work to repair a retaining wall and replace guardrail at Maia on State highway 88 between Dunedin and Port Chalmers, will see the highway in this area reduced to one lane for up to a week from Monday, 22 September.
Motorists using State Highway 1 to the west of Christchurch are now enjoying better travel times with the recent completion of the Western Corridor upgrade.
The local community turned out in force recently for the opening of the second and last of the two new dual lane bridges that the NZ Transport Agency has built over the Waitaki River on State Highway 82 at Kurow.
Work is progressing well at the Diana Falls slip in Haast Pass installing the most complex rockfall protection system to ever be installed in Australasia.
The ability for drivers to make turns or cross the State Highway 1 at Lookout Point will be more restricted, as the Transport Agency progresses the Caversham Valley Safety Improvements project in this area.
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 Friday, 19 September. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
The NZ Transport Agency is urging travellers in the Bay of Plenty to drive to the conditions, with moderate to heavy rain expected in parts of the region today and tomorrow.
The NZ Transport Agency welcomes the final decision from a Board of Inquiry to grant designation and resource consents for the construction of the Pūhoi to Warkworth stage of the Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Wellsford Road of National Significance (RoNS).
A temporary roundabout on State Highway 1 (SH1) in Cambridge will get a $450,000 revamp so it can stay in place, thanks to a partnership between the NZ Transport Agency and Waipa District Council.