People in the Whangaparāoa /Silverdale area may notice an uptake in activity over the coming weeks as we start geotechnical investigations which are critical in ensuring we protect the unique landscape surrounding the Penlink corridor when we begin construction in 2022.
Work to make State Highway 1 Waikato Expressway safer between Rangiriri and Ōhinewai will get underway next month, with the southbound lane closed overnight for up to five nights to install 8.5km of temporary steel barriers.
A motorway overbridge has been struck by over height vehicles twice in the same weekend, prompting urgent maintenance works, just a year after major repairs following similar incidents.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is proposing new safer speed limits for State Highway 2 (SH2) between Masterton and Featherston and is seeking feedback from locals and people who use this road regularly.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and the MetService are urging motorists to take care and avoid unnecessary travel, with Heavy Rain Warnings in place for the Coromandel and Bay of Plenty.
The new signalised intersection at the State Highway 30/Tarawera Road intersection in Rotorua is now operational, marking a major milestone in the Eastern Corridor Stage One project, which is improving the safety of SH30/Te Ngae Road between Sala Street and Iles Road.
Stepping out on Motueka’s High Street is about to get safer for everyone, with an upgraded pedestrian crossing and intersection improvements. Work starts Monday, 2 August.
An additional $53m in funding has been secured to progress improvements at four high-risk intersections as part of safety improvements on State Highway 3 between Waitara and Bell Block.
Plans for a State Highway 1 flyover and changes to busy intersections through Rolleston, south of Christchurch, are ready for the first round of public feedback.
Nelson and Westport are both now accessible by the Lewis Pass and Springs Junction to the south and east, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, following the extensive flooding of recent days.
Tasman and Nelson residents are being asked for their feedback on an emerging programme of work that looks at ways to improve transport issues in rapidly growing Richmond – Tasman district’s largest population centre and one of the fastest growing.
Waka Kotahi is advising motorists that the SH6/65 route to Nelson will remain closed overnight, with work to resume at first light Monday (19 July) to re-open the road.
Waka Kotahi contractors have been working since first light today to clear debris, assess damage and where possible re-open vital routes to reconnect severed South Island communities.
Waka Kotahi contractors are beginning the hard work of re-connecting South Island communities cut off by this weekend’s massive weather event as flood waters begin to recede.
Picton is the latest town to join others in the upper South Island with no road access due to flooding and high river levels. A local state of emergency was this afternoon declared in Marlborough with people being evacuated from some areas.