Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is committed to Road to Zero, a vision for Aotearoa New Zealand where no one is killed or seriously injured on our roads.
State highways across the motu will see a burst of activity over spring and summer, with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency gearing up for the country’s largest-ever road renewal season.
Contractors are now clearing the major roadworks site on State Highway 59 north of Pukerua Bay ahead of its reopening on Thursday (15 September 2022) at 5.30 am.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is pleased to advise that from 4pm tomorrow (Friday 9 September 2022), State Highway 5 will reopen to two lanes at the dropout site between Te Haroto and Tarawera.
Waka Kotahi and the Mt Messenger Alliance are looking forward to restarting work that has been paused for more than three weeks while a small group of people were unlawfully occupying a work site for the Te Ara o Te Ata: Mt Messenger Bypass project at the summit of Mt Messenger, following their departure today.
State Highway 59 remains closed between Pukerua Bay and Paekākāriki as contractors work to stabilise the hill above the road. This area had multiple slips last month and requires a significant amount of work to allow the highway to be made safe for road users.
After an immense amount of work by contractors, the last closed section of State Highway 6 between Blenheim and Nelson will reopen to traffic at one pm tomorrow (Wednesday, 31 August).
Construction starts on a major bridge structure at Cambridge Road, between Bethlehem and Tauriko this month as part of the Takitimu North Link Stage One project, and new aerial photos show significant progress on site over recent months.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises residents and visitors to plan their journey and take advantage of free buses during the annual Zespri AIMS Games starting Saturday 3 September.
The Environment Court has today issued an interim decision on approving a range of resource consent applications for RiverLink, delivering a high level of confidence in the project.
Waka Kotahi contractors have fanned out across Nelson, Marlborough and Tasman to assess damage, clear debris and undertake repairs to begin re-establishing vital state highway links in the region following last week’s torrential rain.
The severity of damage to State Highway 6 between Nelson and Blenheim and State Highway 63 through the Wairau Valley means these highways will not reopen before next week.