With warmer, drier weather on the way for Northland, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency can begin to complete the permanent seal work on the northern end of the Loop Road roundabout.
Residents and regular users of State Highway 1 in Marlborough need to be ready for a series of night closures at Weld Pass beginning this Sunday, 9 October.
Waka Kotahi advises motorists that essential maintenance work is scheduled to take place on State Highway 1 (SH1) southbound between Fanshawe Street and Greenlane interchange and on the Auckland Harbour Bridge over three nights on Sunday 9, Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 October, between 10pm and 5am.
Drivers in the lower North Island are being urged to take extra care on the region’s roads ahead of forecast bad weather hitting later today (5 October).
Road users and residents who use State Highway 60 between Motueka and Appleby need to get ready for major maintenance work planned for later this month.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises State Highway 2 is down to one lane 5.5km north of Raupunga, between Napier and Gisborne, due to significant subsidence in the southbound lane.
Work to transform the way Aucklanders travel has accelerated today with the announcement of two preferred bidders to plan and design the next phases of the city’s expanding rapid transit and multi modal transport network – Waitematā Harbour Connections and Auckland Light Rail.
Work to resurface a 680m section of State Highway 57 at Linton will get underway from next week, as part of a record programme of road maintenance and improvements planned across New Zealand over the spring and summer construction season.
With a significant summer programme of work ahead for contractors across the Waikato & Bay of Plenty region, the start of October signals that the annual renewal programme is underway.
A section of State Highway 3 at Awahuri will be closed during the day for three weeks in October to allow part of it to be rebuilt, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency declined the application for a temporary traffic management plan for the Tākahe to Akaroa road relay race this year due to significant safety concerns on SH75.
State Highway 85 inland from Dunedin, between Palmerston and Kyeburn, will reopen Friday night this week by 7 pm, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.