Waka Kotahi NZ Transport agency advises that Tauranga road users should expect significant delays this afternoon due to an incident at the railway on Hewletts Road.
With 25,000 or more people expected to attend the third Football Ferns FIFA Women’s World Cup game on Sunday evening, around half coming from out of town, people should plan to get to Dunedin Stadium early.
Winter weather impacts continue to cause sporadic issues across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highway network, with rain, wind and snow all making their presence felt in recent weeks.
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, 4 August 2023.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises that State Highway 23 – the road to Raglan – will have temporary speed limits and some stop/go traffic management in place from Monday 31 July through to the end of September.
State Highway 2 Napier-Hastings Expressway, between Pakowhai and Evenden Roads, will close between 8pm tonight and 4am tomorrow to allow contractors to replace median barrier posts damaged in a crash.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises that from 7pm Friday 4 August to 6am Monday 7 August, contractors will be commissioning the new traffic lights at the Fifteenth Avenue/ SH2 intersection.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has lifted the prohibition notice issued to KiwiRail on 11 July preventing the Te Huia passenger rail service from entering the Auckland Metro area.
State Highway 35 north of Tolaga Bay will reopen from 5am tomorrow (Thursday) following the removal of the cyclone-damaged Hikuwai No. 1 bridge and the sealing of the approaches to the new Bailey bridge today.