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Ahead of the three-day Labour Weekend, the NZ Transport Agency reminds travellers of a useful tool that shows predicted traffic flows at particular times, based on previous years’ travel patterns. It can be found at www.nzta.govt.nz/holidayjourneys
Less than two years after 2016’s devastating Kaikōura Earthquake, the new Ōhau Point safe stopping area will open on Thursday this week, 18 October, ahead of Labour Weekend.
While consistent summer weather may seem a little way off, the NZ Transport Agency has started its annual summer road maintenance programme on the South Island’s West Coast.
The NZ Transport Agency is investigating how State Highway 1 through Woodend, in North Canterbury, could be made safer and community connections improved.
People who drive between the West Coast and Canterbury, on State Highway 73, will have up to 50 minute delays from this Sunday night, 14 October, between 8 pm and 6 am.
Consultation with the community on proposed speed limits for State Highway One both north and south of Kaikōura by the New Zealand Transport Agency has begun.
The NZ Transport Agency and KiwiRail want to remind people living, working or travelling in the area between Blenheim and Christchurch that daytime freight trains are now running on the Main North Line.
North Canterbury road users who travel on State Highway 1 between Waipara and Amberley will notice road works around the Glasnevin weigh station in coming days.
Motorists travelling on North Canterbury’s State Highway 7 between Waipara and Waikari are advised to expect delays over the coming months as work ramps up on a $3.5 million safety upgrade.
The NZ Transport Agency has started the sale-by-tender process for the temporary accommodation village used by crew working on the Kaikōura earthquake recovery.
Queenstown Lakes District road users who drive or ride on the main road between Queenstown and Frankton will notice some road resurfacing activities starting mid-October and running through to early-December.
Hundreds of invasive and fast-spreading wilding conifer trees have been removed from multiple sites in South Canterbury in recent months by the NZ Transport Agency’s contractors.
Acting Associate Transport Minister James Shaw and Nelson City Mayor Rachel Reese cut the ribbon and officially opened Nelson’s Maitai to Rocks Road shared path this morning (Sunday, 30 September). Officials were joined by contractors, cyclists and local business people, with almost everyone taking the chance to cycle along the new path back into Nelson’s CBD.
Haast Pass road users, part of State Highway 6, between Haast on the West Coast and Makarora, in Otago, need to travel outside the night hours from this Sunday night (30 September).
