The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Closures start at 9pm and finish at 5am, unless otherwise stated. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday 16 March 2018. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
The SH30 Sala and Fenton Street roundabout is expected to be closed from Friday evening 9 March to the evening of Sunday 11 March for road maintenance work..
The Transport Agency advises motorists in Northland that further roadworks are about to start on State Highway 1 near Oakleigh and will involve night closures..
Journeys between Picton and Christchurch along SH1 through Kaikōura are slightly longer than before ex-tropical cyclone Gita inundated the coast with rain and resulting landslides and road damage.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that SH4 between Whanganui and Raetihi is scheduled to re-open at 4pm today (Wednesday March 7) following the installation of roadside barriers at a high risk slip site two kilometres south of Fields Track.
Repair work on the Takaka Hill highway, State Highway 60, between Riwaka and Golden Bay has gone well in recent days. “Crews have been making good progress while the weather has been dry, clearing the road and making it safer and more resilient, which will enable truck and trailer units to make the journey soon,” says Frank Porter, NZ Transport Agency System Manager.
The NZ Transport Agency thanks motorists in the Far North for their patience and understanding as wet weather continues to disrupt the resurfacing of State Highway 1 through the Mangamuka Gorge.
The last phase of work to rebuild a section of SH1, between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki, damaged by ex-cyclone Gita in February will begin on Sunday March 11th.