The NZ Transport Agency is urging Christchurch drivers to be aware of changes on Johns Road, State Highway 1, from the Groynes to Sawyers Arms Road roundabout from tomorrow, Thursday 25 February.
Design will start later this year on the realignment of State Highway 1 to the north-west side of the Fonterra site in Edendale, Southland, bypassing the Edendale community.
Conditions on West Coast and Buller highways should improve today with rain forecast to ease mid-morning in South Westland and lunch time in the Buller.
NZ Transport Agency road crews are working hard to keep State Highway 6 south of Hokitika to the Glaciers open as the rain buckets down and is not anticipated to slow for 24 hours.
Bridge strengthening work on the Beaumont Bridge, which spans the Clutha River on State Highway 8, will require it to be closed for up to ten nights, with hourly traffic openings, early to mid-March.
The first week of operation of the new variable speed limits on Christchurch's Northern Motorway had minimal impact on travel times during the morning peak congestion.
The NZ Transport Agency says everyone has a role to play in keeping people safe on our roads this Waitangi Weekend. “Please be smart and plan ahead if you’re heading away,” says Journey Manager Lee Wright.
The NZ Transport Agency’s project team are returning to the design table after a reassessment of costs for the final stage of its shared cycling and pedestrian pathway between Dunedin and Port Chalmers indicated the budget would be exceeded.
Variable speed electronic signs will begin operating on Christchurch’s Northern Motorway from Tuesday after Waitangi Weekend, 9 February, to improve traffic flows during morning peak-hour congestion.
From this Sunday, 31 January, manhole or service covers running southbound along State Highway 1 from Duke St, North Dunedin, to Andersons Bay will be lifted and re-levelled.
The NZ Transport Agency’s West Coast Network Outcomes Contractor Fulton Hogan has three short-term bridge repair projects to do in coming days on the West Coast (SH6) and on SH73, near Arthur’s Pass.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising drivers that delays are likely for travel on SH73 at Mingha Bluff, with a detour in place from tomorrow (January 15) while roadworks and other repairs are carried out.