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State Highway 2 (SH2) between Waihī and Ōmokoroa is set to become safer for everyone with the installation of flexible median barriers and an upgrade to an additional six intersections between Tetley Road and Esdaile Road.
The heavy rain has had the final hand on some key routes remaining open or closed overnight on the West Coast and Top of the South this afternoon, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency highway teams have been assessing a number of slips north of Haast township and between the two glacier towns, Franz Josef and Fox, on SH6, today.
Despite heavy rain over South Westland all day, state highways on the West Coast have remained open with only minor slips and small rockfalls which were easily cleared, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
Work to reopen State Highway 3 to two lanes at the site of the Uruti Valley slip, north of Urenui, gets underway tomorrow and is expected to be complete by Saturday.
Anyone who travels our state highways regularly would have noticed trucks with flashing lights, directional signage and large, boxy back ends on Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency worksites.
People travelling on State Highway 3 between Awakino and New Plymouth are advised to plan ahead and allow extra time for their journeys over the next few weeks.
As people continue to make the most of the fine weather, they will notice road contractors also taking advantage of the hot, dry conditions to advance the significant maintenance programmes across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highway network.
As people continue their holiday travel plans or are returning back to work, they will notice road contractors out in force taking advantage of the good weather and advancing significant maintenance programmes across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highway network.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says Wellington Gateway Partnership (WGP) and CPB HEB Joint Venture, the builder contracted to deliver the Transmission Gully project, have run out of time to complete all of the tasks necessary for the road to open in time for Christmas.
Motorists are advised to plan ahead for significant delays on State Highway 2 between Waihī and Tauranga next week, as Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency contractors push to complete as much chipsealing as possible on this key route ahead of the busy Christmas break.
Road users will see a push of activity on State Highway 2 this week to ensure the corridor has minimal temporary traffic management in place over the Christmas/New Year break.
