Read about the projects delivered for communities by the 2021-24 National Land Transport Programme.
State Highway 3 (SH3) through Manawatū Gorge had provided a vital connection between the east and west of the central North Island since 1872 – connecting communities and making it easier for local businesses to get goods to market.
Encouraging healthier, more environmentally-friendly travel options—like walking, cycling and scooting—is a priority for many cities and towns across New Zealand.
Hear what local people had to say about the Transmission Gully motorway when it was being built.
Throughout construction of the new Transmission Gully motorway which opens in late September 2021, substantial work was done to conserve local plants and animals.
Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) is an ambitious $6.4 billion programme to transform Wellington’s transport system to support projected growth, reduce congestion and make it safer, and easier to get around.
One of Wellington’s busiest biking routes has just been improved, making it safer and easier for people to cycle and walk around the capital.
A healthier, safer, more sustainable way to travel between Wellington and Hutt Valley is just a few years away. Waka Kotahi is working with partners to create a new walking and cycling connection—called Te Ara Tupua—between these two cities.
In 2019, community members from Golden Bay contacted Waka Kotahi, worried about locals’ and visitors’ safety on a stretch of State Highway 60 (SH60) between Paines Ford and Tākaka. The area had a 100km/h speed limit.
The resilient new Ōpaoa Bridge makes it safer and simpler for people and freight to move around Marlborough region.
