Waka Kotahi is expecting traffic in and out of Northland and Auckland to be heavy this afternoon, as people travel home from long weekends, extended breaks and ANZAC Day commemorations.
People are being encouraged to plan ahead and ‘level up’ their travel plans with the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency holiday journey planner this Anzac Day holiday weekend, to avoid delays on some of the Central North Island’s busiest routes for holiday traffic.
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, 29 April 2022. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
Te Āpiti - Manawatū Gorge walking track will be closed for three days in May while work is undertaken to remove material from the permanently closed Big Slip Lookout.
From 7am tomorrow (Friday 22 April), the entire length of State Highway 35 will be open to traffic 24 hours a day for the first time since last month’s significant weather event.
A band of rain which started moving up the South Island yesterday afternoon is causing surface flooding on SH6 from South Westland to Westport, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
State Highway 1 night-time traffic will be detoured at Tamahere in the first two weeks of May as work continues on the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway.
Bay of Plenty and Waikato road users are reminded to plan ahead before travelling this ANZAC weekend so they can get to their destination safely and avoid delays.
The iconic Forgotten World Highway (State Highway 43) has been getting a well-deserved upgrade recently with a number of works to improve safety and resilience completed and underway.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is closing the eastbound lane on a section of Cambridge Avenue in Ashhurst for two weeks in late April to carry out repair works.
A change to a land transport rule came into force on 5 April 2022 enabling bilingual school traffic signs, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Director of Land Transport Kane Patena announced.