This summer, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency contractors have resealed or replaced 550 kilometres of road surface in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty region. That’s approximately 10 per cent of the entire regional network.*
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Gisborne drivers can look forward to smoother and safer journeys in the region, as excellent progress continues on a joint Gisborne District Council and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency asphalting programme which began in March this year.
Yesterday’s truck crash and subsequent recovery attempt near Castle Hill on the Arthur’s Pass route between Canterbury and the West Coast could not be completed in the timeframe.
Trips from Tamahere into Hamilton will be more direct and safer when a small part of the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway opens to traffic shortly.
Manawhenua ki Mohua* and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency are seeking feedback on a draft landscape plan for the Waitapu Bridge site adjacent to the Tākaka River in Mohua/ Golden Bay.
Locals and keen riders from further afield came in numbers this morning to be the first to experience the completed Section 2 of the Glen Innes to Tāmaki Drive Shared Path.
A crash earlier today means that SH73 east of Castle Hill (the Christchurch side) will close at 1 pm today and could be closed through to 4 pm for vehicle recovery.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that closures of State Highway 35 between Kopuaroa Road and Ihungia Road, north of Te Puia Springs, have been rescheduled to next Wednesday (1 June) and Thursday (2 June).
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises that SH43 Ohura Road between the intersections of Mangaotuku and Whangamomona Roads will be closed this Thursday (26 May) between 10.05am and 7.15pm for the 2022 Targa Rally.
Safety considerations, a district council plan change and the challenges of upgrading an intersection to cope with traffic volumes resulting from the plan change are the key drivers for a proposal to close a state highway intersection in the Central Otago town of Clyde.
On Friday 20 May, Waka Kotahi joined our partners Hōkai Nuku to bless the Arawhiti ki Ōkahu viaduct and artworks as part of opening the southern connection of Ara Tūhono which will give drivers a beautiful new way to move to SH1.
People are invited to meet the team delivering the mahi on the Takitimu North Link project this weekend (Saturday 28 May) as construction gets underway on the first of eight bridges to be built.
Bridge strengthening work at the Omanawa River Bridge on State Highway 29 has been completed ahead of schedule, and the restrictions placed on road users for the past fortnight were lifted last night.