People using State Highway 29 over the Kaimai Range during the next two weeks are being warned that there will be considerable delays and they should allow extra time for their journeys.
The NZ Transport Agency and its Mt Messenger Alliance partners have developed revised options for the Mt Messenger bypass section of the Awakino Gorge to Mt Messenger state highway improvement programme.
Fieldays gets underway this week from early Wednesday morning through to the end of Saturday and we are urging people to plan their journeys before they leave.
Crews have been working hard to clear the slips in Waimana Gorge and complete the redecking project on Pekatahi Bridge after both parts of State Highway 2 were affected by Cyclones Cook and Debbie.
Flexible road safety barriers on SH30, between Awakeri and Te Teko, have prevented a car from leaving the road and crashing into a deep ditch, allowing the driver to walk away without sustaining any injuries.
The NZ Transport Agency is making changes to Hewletts Road to boost public transport use, improve safety and help to ease traffic congestion on the busy State Highway 2 route.
State Highway 25 at Whakatete Bay in the Coromandel will be closed for around three hours tomorrow while a small amount of blasting takes place at a rockfall site.
Residents who live near the Mangawhero Stream Bridge, around 5km south of Matamata, are being asked what they think needs to be done to make the bridge safer.
Analysis and public consultation has led to a favoured route emerging for State Highway 1 between Cambridge and Piarere, but more investigation and final approval is still needed.
NZ Transport Agency Bay of Plenty and Waikato contractors will be working throughout this weekend clearing slips and completing vital project work after the recent severe weather events.