Acting Associate Transport Minister James Shaw and Nelson City Mayor Rachel Reese cut the ribbon and officially opened Nelson’s Maitai to Rocks Road shared path this morning (Sunday, 30 September). Officials were joined by contractors, cyclists and local business people, with almost everyone taking the chance to cycle along the new path back into Nelson’s CBD.
While summer still seems a long way off in the Manawatu, The New Zealand Transport Agency is about to start the annual summer road maintenance programme.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that access to Welcome Bay Lane will be restricted temporarily while more permanent, safer measures are put in place for all road users.
A section of State Highway 36 Tauranga Direct Rd is expected to be closed for five nights from Sunday 30 September while the road is dug up and resealed.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising State Highway 2 Waioeka Gorge is expected to be closed for around 20 minutes on Thursday 27 September while rock removal work takes place.
Haast Pass road users, part of State Highway 6, between Haast on the West Coast and Makarora, in Otago, need to travel outside the night hours from this Sunday night (30 September).
New Zealanders have a last chance this week to show their support for the outstanding work to restore road and rail networks following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake by voting in a prestigious engineering award.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising State Highway 2 Waioeka Gorge is expected to be closed for around 45 minutes on Wednesday 19 September while rock removal work takes place.
The NZ Transport Agency advises the Northbound South Eastern Arterial (SEART) onramp will be closed this evening for around an hour at approximately 10pm.
Tairāwhiti Roads is advising motorists that Gladstone Road Bridge will be intermittently reduced to one lane with stop/go controllers between Monday 17 and Wednesday 19 September.