The massive task of shifting the world’s10th largest tunnel boring machine from an Auckland wharf to the site of the Waterview Connection project is underway.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) advises motorists travelling along State Highway 29 (SH29), near the Ruahihi Power Station at Omanawa, to expect delays as work to repair the Ruahihi (Wairoa River) Bridge will start next Monday (29 July) for the entire week.
The giant machine known as Alice that will bore the tunnels for the Waterview Connection, sailed into Auckland at 4pm today (Monday, 22 July) after its three-week long voyage from China.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising Wellington commuters to either car pool or travel by public transport tomorrow with several car-parking buildings in the CBD closed following Sunday's earthquake.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that from Monday 22 July, the 70km/hr speed zone at the northern end of Pukerua Bay will change to 50km/hr.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising southbound motorists on SH1 to prepare for a detour at Rangiriri on Saturday as work begins on the Rangiriri Interchange as part of the Waikato Expressway, Road of National Significance.
With nearly 5km of new guardrails now in place on the Rimutaka Hill Road and Muldoon’s Corner consigned to history, the NZ Transport Agency says that years of hard slog and an investment of more than $17 million overall is making a real difference to driver safety.
People living around Paparoa’s Nurse Clavell Lane in Northland have received a special 'thank you' from the NZ Transport Agency for their support during an emergency closure on State Highway 12 (SH12).
Passenger transport vehicle operators whose vehicles and drivers were checked as part of Operation Snowflake at the Mount Hutt Ski Area today have been praised by the NZ Transport Agency for their commitment to vehicle safety.
Motorists can expect delays tomorrow, Thursday 18 July, to allow blasting of unstable rock adjacent to the Goldfields Mining Centre on State highway 6 in the Kawarau Gorge, about 8km west of Cromwell, and 50km east of Queenstown.
The NZ Transport Agency says State Highway 1 (the Desert Road) between Rangipo and Waiouru is now open after being closed yesterday, the Agency says temperatures on the Central Plateau are still below zero and drivers need to take extreme care when driving through the area.