Road works along State Highway 3 this summer will help ensure motorists travelling between Waikato and Taranaki will soon experience safer, more enjoyable journeys.
Motorists are advised the southbound lanes of the Northern Motorway (SH1) between Silverdale and Oteha Valley Road will be closed overnight for maintenance and resurfacing for eight nights, starting Monday, 2 December.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is delighted to confirm that construction of safety improvements on part of the St Lukes cycleway near the north-western cycleway crossing on St Lukes Road will start early next year.
State highways across the Bay of Plenty will be repaired and re-sealed this summer, with the New Zealand Transport Agency’s summer roadworks programme kicking off earlier this month.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is delighted to announce that construction of the Old Māngere Bridge replacement project, a significant community connection and walking and cycling link, is now underway.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has begun a major realignment of 700 metres of highway on SH7, west of the Hanmer Springs turnoff. Establishment work on site started this week with earthworks from next week.
People who are travelling south of the Selwyn River/Waikirikiri bridge in Canterbury this weekend should be aware of slight delays at the rail level crossing at Selwyn Lake Road.
Bay of Plenty’s Paengaroa weigh station is being upgraded with a new vehicle screening system which identifies potentially overweight heavy vehicles to be further investigated and allows compliant heavy vehicles to continue their journey uninterrupted.
Work is progressing to build a temporary road to reconnect State Highway 4 between Raetihi and Whanganui, following the October slip that significantly damaged the road and forced it to close.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is reminding road users that Remutaka Hill Road will be closed overnight for five consecutive nights from 9pm Sunday 24 November to 4am Friday 29 November.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, alongside the Department of Conservation, is closing two stopping areas on the Milford Sound highway (SH94) for the summer season, due to increased rockfall risk with subsequent potential danger to people.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises major road works to reconstruct a section of SH30 Te Ngae Road between Tumene Drive and Brent Road in Owhata, Rotorua, will begin on Monday.