The NZTA says it has now opened the inland Kaikoura Route 70, previously a light vehicle detour around the massive slip on State Highway 1 near Kaikoura, to buses and light trucks not towing trailers.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says it will be this Thursday at the earliest before State Highway 1 at Peketa about 8km south of Kaikoura reopens, after being closed since Friday night by a massive slip.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says it will be Monday morning before it is in position to say when State Highway 1 about 15km south of Kaikoura will re-open, following a major slip last night.
The NZTA this week released the tender to extend Kaituna Road - one of the support projects preceding the main construction of the Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL).
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that the Lyttelton Tunnel will be periodically closed to traffic in the days ahead in order to allow for the safe passage of fuel and gas trucks through the tunnel. Delays of up to ten minutes can be expected during the closures.
The massive task of removing 160,000 cubic metres of rock and earth to form the trench for the Victoria Park Tunnel is underway -enough to fill a hole eight stories deep and as large as a rugby field.
Work to upgrade the detour around the Maraenui Bluff slip on State Highway 35, 30 kilometres east of Opotiki is progressing well despite continuing rain, reports the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA).
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) advises that assessment of the Lyttelton Tunnel has been completed earlier than anticipated, and the tunnel will re-open to traffic from 11:30am.