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Christmas cheer is in short supply on Waikato roads this week, as they were visited by another round of inclement weather, which has affected both road conditions and progress on critical road renewals.
The details below outline the main planned state highway roadworks occurring in the greater Wellington region and the top of the South Island over the coming week (18 December 2022).
While many are wrapping their final presents, road workers throughout the Waikato and Bay of Plenty region are putting the finishing touches on a number of new road surfaces.
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 13 January 2023. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
Waka Kotahi is advising motorists that essential seal repairs will be carried out on sections of SH3 at Tariki tonight (14 December) between 8pm and midnight, under Stop/Go traffic control, with delays of 5-10 minutes, weather permitting.
Kaikohe locals are now able to sit their practical driver licence test closer to home and will have one of New Zealand’s first community driver testing officers (CDTO) working in their community.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says recent chip seal resealing work on State Highway 1, Dome Valley near Frogpool Farm fall short of expectations it has for work on its state highways and will need to be rectified.
It wasn’t just spades that were out today as Minister Michael Wood, MP Marja Lubeck, Albany Ward Councillors, Waka Kotahi officials and iwi partners Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngaati Whanaunga and Te Kawerau a Maki turned the first sod (hurihia te whenua) for O Mahurangi – Penlink.
Waka Kotahi is urging people to have their say on safer speeds proposed for Hawke’s Bay as part of as part of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Interim State Highway Speed Management Plan (ISMP), with consultation closing on Monday 12 December.
The details below outline the main planned state highway roadworks occurring in the greater Wellington region and the top of the South Island over the coming week (11 December 2022).