The 2024/25 road renewal season has taken a significant step forward this week, with road rebuilding getting underway across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
Update 7:45pm: The crash has been cleared and State Highway 60 is now open to all traffic. NZTA/Waka Kotahi thanks drivers for their patience and cooperation while emergency services and contractors attended today’s incident.
With heavy rain followed by snow forecast for Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes Districts overnight Thursday, Canterbury and West Coast travellers also need to be prepared for the rain and snow on Friday, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
Update: Due to the overnight closure of SH36 Mangorewa Gorge for emergency works on Monday 16 September – this route is no longer a suitable detour for the SH29 Kaimai Range closure on that date.
Crews working in the Mangorewa Gorge have found a collapsed stormwater culvert under State Highway 36 (SH36) near the recent underslip work. As the culvert runs under the full width of the road it urgently needs to be replaced.
A stretch of State Highway 54 at Oroua River Bridge (Aorangi) in Feilding will be closing for 3 nights later this month for a range of maintenance work.
One westbound lane on SH2/Fifteenth Ave will be closed from Sunday 15 September 2024 through to mid-2026 for work to build a new bridge connection. The entrance to Edgecumbe Road from SH2 will also be closed while major works take place.
Delays for High Productivity Motor Vehicles (HPMV) over 50MAX, over-dimension and over-weight permitted freight vehicles at a South Canterbury serious injury crash site will start to ease in an hour or so – from around 1 pm.
High Productivity Motor Vehicles (HPMV) over 50MAX, over-dimension and over-weight permitted freight vehicles will be queued in South Canterbury this morning, while a serious injury crash has created a road closure on SH1.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is aiming to return traffic to all four lanes on the Ngāruawāhia section of the Waikato Expressway by the end of the year.
