The NZ Transport Agency says the first stage of the operation to shift the Rob Roy Hotel - one of Auckland's oldest pubs - back to its original sight opposite Victoria Park west of the city's CBD has been completed successfully.
The 125-year-old Rob Roy Hotel in Freemans Bay will be moved back to its original location tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wednesday (12 and 13 April). The move will start at approximately 7.30 am and is expected to take at least two days. Work will finish at approximately 6pm each day.
The historic Rob Roy Hotel, being protected by the NZ Transport Agency as part of the Victoria Park Tunnel project in central Auckland, will be returned next Tuesday and Wednesday (12 and 13 April) to the exact spot it was built on 125 years ago. Only now, that spot is on the roof of the motorway tunnel.
Drivers can start using the Auckland's Victoria Park Tunnel in central Auckland this November, months earlier than planned as the NZ Transport Agency's $340m project to ease motorway congestion in the central city area heads towards an early finish.
The NZ Transport Agency will close a section of the southbound lanes on Auckland's Southwestern Motorway (State Highway 20) on Monday and Tuesday night (11 and 12 April) for work associated with improvements to the Walmsley Road interchange at Mangere Bridge.
The introduction of an integrated ticketing system for public transport in Auckland will greatly enhance service and convenience for the travelling public, says the NZ Transport Agency.
The Walmsley Road on-ramp at Mangere Bridge in south Auckland and a small southbound section of the Southwestern Motorway SH20 will be closed this Saturday night, 2 April, for necessary work associated with the NZ Transport Agency's safety improvements to the on-ramp.
The NZ Transport Agency says that construction on the SH18 Hobsonville Deviation and SH16 Brigham Creek Extension motorway project is on target to be completed by September - six months ahead of schedule.
Newmarket's Broadway will be closed overnight between Mortimer Pass and Alpers Ave, from 8pm to 5am, Sunday to Thursday next week (27-31 March) for work related to the NZ Transport Agency's Newmarket Connection: Viaduct Replacement Project. Diversions will be in place to for drivers.
The NZ Transport Agency will close a section of the southbound lanes on Auckland's Southwestern Motorway (State Highway 20) on Sunday night (20 March) for work associated with improvements to the Walmsley Road interchange at Mangere Bridge.
Road users are being advised by the NZ Transport Agency that unusually high tides in the Manukau and Waitemata Harbours over the next week could flood parts of the Auckland motorway network. High tides of up to 3.6m are expected from Saturday, 19 March until Thursday, 24 March.
Auckland's Pohutukawa sculpture marking the southern entrance to the CBD is set to flower again after a restoration makeover from the NZ Transport Agency.
Part of Newmarket's Broadway will be reduced to one lane each way from 7am to 8pm this Saturday and Sunday [12 and 13 March] for deconstruction work on the old southbound Newmarket Viaduct. The affected section of road, between Mortimer Pass and Alpers Ave, will also be closed completely overnight during the weekend.
Safety improvements at the Taupaki Road roundabout on State Highway 16 near Kumeu in northwest Auckland are complete, and the improved intersection has been officially opened by the NZ Transport Agency.
Cycling and walking paths constructed as part of the NZ Transport Agency's SH20 Manukau Harbour Crossing project were officially opened today by the Minister of Transport, Hon. Steven Joyce.
