The NZ Transport Agency is seeking feedback on its proposal to permanently reduce the speed limit from 100km/h to 80km/h, to improve safety on the 2.3km section of State Highway 6 from Stalker Road to Hardware Lane in Frankton, including past the Tucker Beach Road intersection.
West Coast drivers are being reminded on ways to ‘Know before you go’ to avoid travel delays and disruption as the annual road maintenance season gets underway slightly later than usual on the West Coast.
The Police Serious Crash Unit will be attending a single car crash on State Highway 87, at Kokonga, near the intersection with Mundell Road near the Taieri River. The crash occurred earlier this morning before 7 am.
Auckland’s volcanic heritage has inspired the construction of a new skate park officially opened in New Windsor during the weekend, as part of the NZ Transport Agency’s Waterview Connection project.
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, 3 March 2017. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
Many commuters and Kāpiti Coast residents received a welcome surprise this morning as the Mackays to Peka Peka Expressway opened to traffic in the early hours.
The first Aotearoa Bike Challenge has prompted more Kiwis to cycle this summer, with participants up and down the country riding an impressive 1.3 million kilometres, or about six hundred times the length of New Zealand, since the workplace Challenge kicked off at the start of February.
A serious crash one kilometre south of Shenandoah, State Highway 65, south of Murchison, the alternate state highway route between Picton and Christchurch, has reduced the highway to one lane at that point this morning.
The NZ Transport Agency is teaming up with the Department of Conservation (DOC) to ensure that the native fur seal breeding colony at Ohau Point is protected while work is undertaken to clear slips and restore the coastal Kaikoura road and rail corridor.
