Motorists can expect delays tomorrow, Thursday 18 July, to allow blasting of unstable rock adjacent to the Goldfields Mining Centre on State highway 6 in the Kawarau Gorge, about 8km west of Cromwell, and 50km east of Queenstown.
Safer journeys are within sight at a high risk intersection on State highway 1, with the NZ Transport Agency beginning work tomorrow to replace the intersection of Otaihanga Rd near Southward Car Museum with a large two lane roundabout.
Following a meeting last week with the Road Transport Association, the New Zealand Transport Agency and Environment Southland are rethinking their approach to stock truck effluent disposal in Southland.
The NZ Transport Agency says the replacement of a flood damaged culvert that closed a section of State highway 1 near Waipahi in South Otago earlier this month, should be repaired by this Thursday (18 July).
What have Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand suffragette Kate Sheppard, the late Maori queen, Greek goddesses and Tinkerbell from Peter Pan got in common? The answer is that they are all among the names suggested by Auckland children in the naming competition for the huge machine that will dig the city’s Waterview motorway tunnels.
A charter signed today by Auckland Council and the NZ Transport Agency will enable the huge Waterview Connection project to be completed without delays while building consents are processed.
Cyclists are being encouraged by the NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Transport (AT) to make use of the latest addition to the city’s cycling/walking network in Grafton Gully alongside the CBD.
The NZ Transport Agency says the southbound lanes on Auckland’s Northern Motorway (State Highway) 1 were re-opened at 6.40am today. The motorway’s northbound lanes remain shut.
After the successful completion of improvements at the intersection of State Highway 1 (Western Hills Drive) and Central Avenue, the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is advising drivers of upcoming changes to another key intersection in Whangarei as part of the city’s SH1 upgrade.
The NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Transport say congestion will be extremely heavy around the Constellation Drive interchange on Auckland's Northern Motorway (State Highway 1) during this afternoon’s peak.
The NZ Transport Agency says lengthy delays for motorists at the Kawarau Falls Bridge on State highway 6 near Queenstown last night appear to have been caused by a power outage or electrical fault with the traffic signal management system at the bridge.
The world’s 10th largest tunnelling boring machine (TBM) is now on its way to Auckland to construct the city’s Waterview Connection tunnels - one of New Zealand’s most important transport links since the opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge more than 50 years ago.