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Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency welcomes Coroner Windley’s report into the fatal bus crash on Ohakune Mountain Road on 28 July 2018 and supports all the recommendations made in the report.
Almost all motorcycles over 125cc entering New Zealand will need Anti-lock Braking Systems (ABS) from 1 November 2021, as the final steps of an amendment to light vehicle braking rules take effect.
Works to install two new culverts on State Highway 6 south of Makarora, will mean delays for road users over the next four weeks, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
UPDATE AS AT 11.45AM WED 13 OCT: These works, which had been due to get underway from today, have now been postponed to the new year. Waka Kotahi will provide another update in the new year, ahead of work starting.
State highways in the Taupō area will be repaired and resealed during coming months, as the Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency spring/summer road maintenance programme gets underway locally from next week.
MetService says that snow could reach South Island alpine highways over the next two days as a band of changeable, colder weather moves up the island today and Tuesday.
If you live in Motueka or drive, bike or walk along Motueka’s High St (SH60), Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency wants to know what you think about the speed limit.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises State Highway 3 is closed at Waitotara, near the intersection with Pakaraka Road, following a crash this morning.
With essential maintenance works back in action under Alert Level 3 in Auckland, Waka Kotahi is advising motorists to be prepared for overnight closures and reduced lane capacity as we work to make our state highways safer.
A contract has been awarded to build a new, two-lane bridge over the Clutha River at Beaumont, part of SH8 in Otago, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 15 October 2021.
Work to repair an unstable section of embankment at Houpoto, approximately three kilometres west of Maraenui Pa Road on State Highway 35, will get underway from Monday.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is reminding motorists that multiple worksites are active on State Highway 30/Te Ngae Road, between Sala Street and Iles Road, in Rotorua next week, as part of the Eastern Corridor project.
