The NZ Transport Agency has begun removing the original northbound Newmarket viaduct on Auckland's Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) - the last of four stages of work to replace the viaduct on the busiest section of highway on the city's motorway network.
Construction has started on a $35m project to upgrade the Papakura interchange on Auckland's Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) after a ceremony this morning to mark the start of work.
The third lane in Auckland's Victoria Park Tunnel will open on Monday, 26 March and the NZ Transport Agency says it will make drivers' journeys on State Highway 1 to the North Shore and beyond much quicker.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising people to drive with care on highways and roads in Auckland and Northland this weekend because of extreme weather conditions.
The NZ Transport Agency is reminding drivers that tolls on the Northern Gateway Toll Road (NGTR) on State Highway 1 north of Auckland will increase this Thursday, 1 March, for all vehicles using the highway.
A new safety initiative has been launched by the NZ Transport Agency to reduce what it describes as an "alarming" number of incidents involving drivers and workers maintaining Auckland's busy motorway network.
Vehicles crashed deliberately in the pursuit of safety will be on display from Tuesday to Thursday this week in Aotea Square in central Auckland as part of an NZ Transport Agency drive to encourage the purchase of safer cars.
The Waimauku community will have the chance to respond to the NZ Transport Agency's plans to upgrade the intersection of State Highway 16 and Muriwai and Waimauku Station Roads when the design of a proposed roundabout is revealed at a public information day on Thursday, 23 February.
The NZ Transport Agency is responding to feedback it has received from customers and will open its Northern Gateway Toll Road call centre on Waitangi Day (Monday, 6 February) for people who want to pay their tolls by telephone.
The NZ Transport Agency says tolls on the Northern Gateway Toll Road (NGTR) on State Highway 1 north of Auckland will increase on 1 March by 20 cents to $2.20 for cars, motorcycles and light commercial vehicles, and by 40 cents to $4.40 for heavy commercial vehicles.
The northbound lanes of Auckland Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) have been re-opened by the NZ Transport Agency, 17 hours ahead of schedule and traffic has now been switched to the new northbound Newmarket Viaduct.
The NZ Transport Agency says it has successfully completed the shift of the large lifting gantry on the Newmarket Viaduct on Auckland's Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) - an operation that has required the full closure of the motorway's northbound lanes.
The NZ Transport Agency reminds drivers that it is closing a section of the northbound lanes on Auckland's Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) near the Newmarket Viaduct from 5pm tonight (Saturday, 28 January).
The NZ Transport Agency is urging people to plan ahead to avoid Auckland Anniversary Weekend delays, not only on regional highways but in Auckland too when a significant section of the city's Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) is closed.
