The NZ Transport Agency is advising that State Highway 35 Tatapouri Hill, between Okitu and Tolaga Bay, will now be under stop/go management on Friday 16 November to allow the NZ Police Serious Crash Unit to carry out their investigation into a fatal crash on the road on Saturday 10 November.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that Gladstone Road Bridge will be reduced to one lane with stop/go controllers on Friday 16 November between 7am and 1pm.
The NZ Transport Agency is taking the significant but necessary step of permanently closing the Old Māngere Bridge which links the Ōnehunga and Māngere Bridge communities because of concerns about the risk to public safety.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that State Highway 35 Tatapouri Hill, between Okitu and Tolaga Bay, will be closed on Thursday 15 November to allow the NZ Police Serious Crash Unit to carry out their investigation into a fatal crash on the road on Saturday 10 November.
The NZ Transport Agency is delighted to announce that the Baypark to Bayfair Link project will now include a new separated pedestrian and cycle underpass at the Bayfair roundabout.
The NZ Transport Agency is aiming to have State Highway 73 linking the West Coast and Canterbury via Arthur’s Pass and the Ōtira Gorge reopened at 7.00 am Tuesday morning, 13 November.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising road users to continue to drive with care, and to plan ahead for journeys this evening and over the weekend as severe weather continues to affect South Island roads. Temperatures have plummeted across the South Island, and travellers are reminded to be prepared for winter driving conditions, and carry warm clothing.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising road users to continue to drive with care, and to plan ahead for journeys today and over the weekend as severe weather continues to affect South Island roads.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising road users that SH73 from Arthurs Pass to Jacksons is unlikely to open today. There is an Alternate Route in place via Lewis Pass SH7, please add around an hour and a half to your journey. Goat Creek Bridge is still intact, the western approach embankment has been washed away.
The NZ Transport is advising drivers that SH6 from Hokitika to Haast and SH73 Arthurs Pass between Arthurs pass township and Jackson are likely to remain closed overnight due to widespread surface flooding and slips.
Installation of innovative electronic speed signs will begin next week at the intersection of State Highway 6 (the Luggate-Cromwell Rd) and State Highway 8A.
The NZ Transport has extended the closure of SH6 from Woodstock Rimu Road near Hokitika in the north, to south of Fox Glacier, due to further slips on the Fox Hills between Franz Josef and Fox Glacier, and extensive flooding across 5km of SH6 at Evans Straight north of the Whanganui River.
The NZ Transport Agency has closed SH6 between Harihari (near Robertson Rd just North of Harihari) and Franz Josef in South Westland. The closure is being manned by contractors at both points.