Work to make State Highway 1 (SH1) Waikato Expressway safer at Tamahere will get underway next week, with two overnight closures planned so temporary steel barriers can be installed.
Waka Kotahi, Police, ACC, Ministry of Transport, Auckland Transport and WorkSafe are joining up to urge people to stay safe on the road this Matariki weekend.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has announced the appointment of FCB New Zealand as their strategic creative agency and MBM as their strategic media agency. Working with Waka Kotahi they will develop and deliver New Zealand’s national road safety advertising programme.
A reminder that stop/go traffic management and temporary speed restrictions are in place on State Highway 1 (SH1) between Maroa Road and Tram Road, south of Ātiamuri.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is asking people traveling through Northland for their continued patience, as road resurfacing works needed at the Loop Road Safety Improvements project site, will now take place in spring.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has attended the scene of this morning’s multiple fatality crash on State Highway 1 south of Picton, and will continue to assist the Police Serious Crash Unit leading the investigation in to the crash.
Recent wild weather has left Central North Island state highway road maintenance contractors with a big clean-up job to ensure people and freight can continue to move safely and efficiently around the region.
After working through a pretty windy and wet few weeks, urgent work to stabilise the riverbank opposite Tuhourangi Marae on the Te Puke Highway has been successfully completed.
People who drive between the West Coast and Canterbury via SH73 will face daytime delays next Tuesday and Wednesday, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
Substantial slips at Meybille Bay, north of Punakaiki, on SH6, and inland at Lyell in the Upper Buller Gorge, also SH6, will keep those routes closed today, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
The recent spate of wet weather has had a significant impact on the state highway roading network across New Zealand, including in the Bay of Plenty region, where repair work is taking place throughout the second half of June into early July.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday 24 June 2022. Please note this traffic bulletin is updated every Friday.
Early works are progressing well in preparation for the installation of a cableway for the Te Ara o Te Ata: Mt Messenger Bypass project later this year.