The North Island’s rugged and beautiful West Coast has opened up to EV drivers this summer, with the recent installation of a new rapid charging station at Mokau on State Highway 3 by ChargeNet.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises asphalt resurfacing works and other maintenance activities will continue on State Highway 2 and State Highway 29A around the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga City districts next week.
Nearly 4,000 cones and road signs have been removed from State Highway 3 between Inglewood and Midhirst, with work to rebuild several sections of the road now complete.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises State Highway 25 around the Coromandel Peninsula will be closed at two different locations over the next two weeks.
From next year, restricted and learner drivers in Cambridge and Matamata will be able to sit their practical driving test in their home town, with testing re-introduced after a nine year absence.
Most people who use the Luggate (Red) Bridge, near Wanaka, will need to take a detour route for a week-and-a-half from next week, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s latest update on Transmission Gully shows that the contractor, Wellington Gateway Partnership (WGP), and their sub-contractor, CPB HEB Joint Venture, still have a lot of work to do before the road can open.
Repairs to Dunedin Southern Motorway’s flexible median barrier at Saddle Hill are scheduled to start in about a week’s time – aiming for Wednesday, 15 December.
It was spades at the ready at the new Beaumont Bridge site over the Clutha River/Mata-Au yesterday afternoon, half-way between Milton and Alexandra. A sod turning event was held to mark construction about to begin on this highly anticipated SH8 project, the biggest new infrastructure project in Clutha District in many years.
Waka Kotahi has awarded the construction contract for its SH6/SH8B in Cromwell to Fulton Hogan. The roundabout will be fully funded by Waka Kotahi through the NZ Upgrade Programme (Regional Package). A tender price of $3.3million has been accepted, says Principal Project Manager Brendon French.
People travelling in or out of Wellington can now expect to see a new state highway number, with part of State Highway 1 (SH1) becoming State Highway 59 (SH59) today.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency crews will be working at the Pelorus/Te Hoiere Bridge, on SH6, between Nelson and Havelock, for one night in a week’s time: Monday, 13 December.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises the southbound lane of State Highway 1 between Rangiriri and Ōhinewai will be closed overnight from this Sunday 12 December, between 7pm and 7am, for up to five nights, weather permitting.