The second national Aotearoa Bike Challenge has encouraged thousands more New Zealanders to cycle, with more than 14,300 people from over 1600 organisations taking part, including over 2600 new riders.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that SH4 between Whanganui and Raetihi has been closed due to a high risk slip site identified at a site roughly two kilometres south of Fields Track.
The NZ Transport Agency advises people who normally use State Highway 73 between Castle Hill Village and Lake Lyndon, on the main route between the West Coast and Canterbury, that the Porter River Bridge is about to have overnight deck repairs for two weeks.
The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists travelling to Auckland Airport on State Highway 20A that work is about to start on changes to the layout of the Landing Drive roundabout.
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, 9 March 2018. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
State Highway 1 Desert Road will be closed to traffic for 36 hours from 7am on Wednesday 7 March and will continue to be one lane until April while the deck is replaced on the Waihohonu Stream bridge.
The NZ Transport Agency will reopen State Highway 1 through Kaikōura from Friday, 2 March, following extensive landslip removal following ex-cyclone Gita.
State Highway 60, the Takaka Hill road, damaged in the aftermath of ex-cyclone Gita, continues to be opened twice each day – 7-8 am and 5-6 pm, says the NZ Transport Agency.
Drivers using State Highway 15 in Northland are advised to allow more time for their travel as the NZ Transport Agency begins slip repair work at Twin Bridges, between Nukutawhiti and Awarua.
Work to rebuild SH25 the Thames Coast road will take longer than initially expected after detailed investigation revealed more damage than first thought to sea protection walls and the road surface.
Thermal imagery, acoustic monitoring, expeditions in the dead of night and a bat named Kathy might sound like a sci-fi storyline, but it’s all happening south of Hamilton.