The NZ Transport Agency is putting toll road evaders on notice, with preparations underway to take prosecutions against drivers with the highest levels of debt for non-payment of tolls on Auckland's Northern Gateway Toll Road.
An intensive mass media advertising campaign promoting awareness upcoming changes to two of New Zealand's give way rules is set to kick off from tomorrow (Thursday March 15).
The NZ Transport Agency says early results from the new practical driver testing regime should put learner drivers on notice that more practice is needed to pass the new tests.
The Waioeka Gorge has made steady progress with the top third of the slope now stable and work is underway to stabilise a problematic area in the middle of the slope, says the NZTA.
The NZ Transport Agency says new precautionary measures at roadworks sites have shown encouraging signs of reducing the risk of windscreen chips and tar damage for motorists.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is urging young and novice drivers to familiarise themselves with upcoming give way rule changes before sitting their driver licensing tests.
New bus priority lanes on the Main South Road in the Christchurch suburbs of Hornby and Sockburn will improve bus services and ultimately should help ease increasing traffic congestion in the south east of the city.
Progress on the construction of the Te Rapa Section of the Waikato Expressway will mean major changes to traffic movements from next week as the new State Highway is connected to the existing road network.
Geologists assessing the slip face at the Waioeka Gorge say the site is still too unstable for workers to safely begin the task of removing slip material.
The NZ Transport Agency has begun removing the original northbound Newmarket viaduct on Auckland's Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) - the last of four stages of work to replace the viaduct on the busiest section of highway on the city's motorway network.
Construction has started on a $35m project to upgrade the Papakura interchange on Auckland's Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) after a ceremony this morning to mark the start of work.
The third lane in Auckland's Victoria Park Tunnel will open on Monday, 26 March and the NZ Transport Agency says it will make drivers' journeys on State Highway 1 to the North Shore and beyond much quicker.
