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, 21 May 2021
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises State Highway 29 is closed between McLaren Falls Road (Waikato side) and the intersection with State Highway 28/Rapurapu Road (Tauranga side) due to a logging truck rollover.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises State Highway 21 Airport Road in Tamahere will have temporary traffic management in place with brief closures on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 May for tree removal.
UPDATE Wednesday 12 May: These works, which were due to be take place overnight on Sunday and Monday (9 and 10 May), were not able to proceed on Sunday due to poor weather.
Investigations for the Mt Messenger Bypass continue, with a settlement load test getting underway next week at the foot of Mt Messenger’s southern side, near State Highway 3.
Residents of Bulls and Sanson turned out in good numbers last Friday and Saturday for the drop-in sessions about the speed review and infrastructure improvements between Bulls and Sanson.
The western Bay of Plenty’s most significant roading project has moved another step forward with the first part of the design and construct contract awarded for Takitimu North Link - Stage One.
With earthworks on Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū Tararua Highway rapidly reshaping the landscape at both ends of the 11.5km highway, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is holding a series of public information sessions around the region this month to update the community on the project.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will be improving safety for pedestrians and other road users by installing pedestrian refuge islands in two Marlborough townships in coming months: Renwick, near Blenheim, and Rai Valley, closer to Nelson, both on SH6.
The beginning of construction on the Waipukurau to Waipawa Shared Path, a joint project between Waka Kotahi the NZ Transport Agency and Central Hawke’s Bay District Council, was marked with a blessing by hapu from Te Tapairu Marae and Mataweka Marae on Saturday (8 May).
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency would like to thank the public for their input into creating a safer roading network between L Phillips Road and Pūhoi, which will become an alternative route to SH1 once the new Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway is completed.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises the planned detour for Ngongotahā bound traffic has been further delayed until Friday 14 May due to it being too wet to lay any new seal on the road.
Construction on the Bayfair flyover is underway with four supersized steel cages recently craned into the middle of roundabout, providing the structure for the columns of the flyover’s first pier.