NZ Transport Agency has re-opened State Highway 6 Rocks Road and thanked the Nelson community for its support and patience while the NZTA and its contractors worked to repair the highway after last week's storms.
The NZ Transport Agency is reminding agricultural contractors they can again apply for a work time variation to complete critical agricultural operations this season.
The NZ Transport Agency continues to make excellent progress benching the Manawatu Gorge slip. Crews are working at both the top and bottom of the site, the first bench is finished and a second one is underway. And despite even more rain this week, 12,000 cubic meters of debris has been cleared from the bottom of the slip.
With traffic expected to be heavy over the Xmas/New Year holiday period, the New Zealand Transport Agency is advising motorists to plan ahead to avoid potential delays.
The Tatuanui Roundabout at the intersection of SH26/27 is up and running in time for the Christmas break - a month ahead of schedule. The four-leg roundabout between Morrinsville and Te Aroha has taken around six months to build.
While Auckland commuters plan their summer escape, the NZ Transport Agency is reminding them to allow more time for their journey and to take extra care as it tackles three significant motorway works over the Christmas holidays.
Construction activity on the NZ Transport Agency's (NZTA) Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL) project will take a break over the Christmas holiday period having achieved steady progress during 2011.
The two lanes on the Auckland Harbour Bridge northbound box girder extension, or clip-on, will be closed by the NZ Transport Agency from Boxing Day for routine resurfacing work.
The drive south on State Highway 1 from Auckland's North Shore will change for good in early January when the NZ Transport Agency opens the flyover across Victoria Park in a new southbound-only layout.
Detailed information on the operations of the Northern Gateway Toll Road (NGTR) for the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 has been released by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA).
The NZ Transport Agency will be ramping up work at the Manawatu Gorge slip site just before Christmas, with crews working the slip from both top and bottom and a second bench due to begin next week.
Christmas is coming early for road safety advocates in the Hawke's Bay, with signs due to go up shortly for a new reduced speed limit on State Highway 2 between Clive and Hastings.
NZ Transport Agency crews are working at full tilt to reopen SH6 Rocks Road and SH60 at Bird's Hill as soon as it is safe to do so, as cleanup and repair operations continue on the highways throughout the upper South Island.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists in the Nelson/Tasman region to avoid non-essential travel, as heavy rain and flooding continues throughout the region.