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, 23 February 2018. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
The NZ Transport Agency is inviting the community to have its say on ways to improve safety on State Highway 1 from the Waitaki River Bridge, north of Oamaru, to Dunedin.
The NZ Transport Agency will begin work next week to improve safety on a stretch of SH2 in the Wairarapa, from the Masterton roundabout at the north end of Chapel Street to Te Ore Ore Road.
The NZ Transport Agency will begin work to resurface a section of the SH50 Hawke’s Bay Expressway south of the Taradale Road roundabout and over the Kennedy Road overbridge next week.
Part of State Highway 1-Desert Road is to have two full closures and will be down to one lane for almost three months from Saturday while the deck is replaced on Waihohonu Stream Bridge.
The roll out of easy to spot signs for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations this summer is helping EV drivers in New Zealand hit the open road with confidence.
The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists in the Far North that State Highway 11, which links Paihia and Kawakawa, will remain closed for at least two weeks.
*STOP PRESS, 3.30 pm update : Highway estimated to reopen at 4.30 pm today.
Kaikoura’s State Highway 1 south of the town, Peketa to Goose Bay, closed around 9 am today after a hiab (truck with a lift/crane attached to the deck) hit the left corner of the Parititahi Tunnel portal, damaging the entrance.
NZ Transport Agency staff and contractors have confirmed that the scale of the work needed to reinstate the footpath and seawall on Nelson’s Rocks Road is not as extensive as originally thought after the 1 February storm and king tides.
The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists in the Far North that State Highway 11 will remain closed for the rest of the day and probably tomorrow as well.