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, 10 January 2020. Please note this traffic bulletin is updated every Friday.
Ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is reminding road users that the Remutaka Hill road will be closed overnight for five consecutive nights, from Sunday night 12 January to Friday morning 17 January between 9pm and 4am each night.
Urgent safety works on St Aubyn Street between Kitchener Terrace and Kingwell Street will be carried out on Thursday 19 December, between 9.30am and 3.30pm.
The holidays are just around the corner, but we know that many of our friends in the newsgathering business will be at work while the rest of us are at the bach or the beach, so the NZ Transport Agency’s media team will be on call to help during the 2019/20 Christmas/New Year break.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency road crews have been busy today clearing culverts and repairing road surfaces in preparation for reopening SH63 east of St Arnaud in Marlborough early this evening.
Nelson’s Rocks Road (SH6) will be closed at 6.30 pm tonight (Wednesday, 18 December) for at least two hours for a large oak tree to be removed above the highway.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is pleased to announce that access to State Highway 4 south of Raetihi will be reinstated in time for Christmas, with a two-lane temporary road opening this Friday.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Northland team has taken a novel approach to road maintenance, using a milling machine to clear hazardous material off rock faces in the Brynderwyn Hills on State Highway 1.
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Walking and cycling in Central Hawke’s Bay will soon be easier, with construction work on a shared pathway for cyclists and walkers between Waipawa and Waipukurau expected to start mid-2020.
Cyclists riding through the underpass at the Ahuriri Estuary bridge near Watchman Road roundabout will now be able to enjoy the newly-completed 30-metre mural adorning the bridge.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency this morning closed SH63, the St Arnaud highway in Marlborough, after continuous rainfall raised the Wairau River’s levels, overtopping onto the highway.
