The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that State Highway 15 will be closed between State Highway 1 and State Highway 14 later this morning to allow for a truck and trailer to be recovered after an incident yesterday.
The NZ Transport Agency is urging people to take extra care on the roads and to check for the latest conditions before travelling with more than a dozen full or partial closures in place on state highways as a result of flooding and slips.
The NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Transport are working together to investigate potential future improvements for the Hill Street intersection in Warkworth.
The NZ Transport Agency is planning to close the Waihenga Bridge on State Highway 53 near Martinborough in the Wairarapa, from 2pm due to the risk of flooding.
State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura will remain closed until at least 7 am tomorrow (Thursday) after high volumes of rain caused mudslides to block the highway yesterday and earlier today.
Drivers are being advised to expect delays on State Highway 1 near Tirau for the next several days while emergency works are carried out after a tomo, or underground cavity, was discovered under the highway yesterday.
Consultation is underway on a proposal to convert a range of temporary lower speed limits introduced on the Picton to Christchurch alternate state highway route after the November 2016 earthquake to permanent limits.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that temporary traffic management will be in place again from 6.30pm tonight, on State Highway 2 near the Te Marua golf course where urgent stabilisation work is being carried out on the riverbank.
With the end of Daylight Saving and winter not far away, the NZ Transport Agency is reminding cyclists to check their lights, be bright and be seen on the road this autumn.
The NZ Transport Agency has closed State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura after reopening between 7 am and 10 am earlier today. Around 40 mm of rain has fallen this morning due to the tail of Cyclone Debbie, destabilising some areas.
After eight days of work by more than 100 people, State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura between Peketa and Goose Bay reopens Tuesday at 7 am. The road will close again Tuesday night at 6 pm, however people with urgent travel needs will be escorted through until 8 pm Tuesday only.
The NZ Transport Agency is asking all drivers on the state highways linking Tekapo, Fairlie and Geraldine and also Methven to Oxford, North Canterbury, to take special care around cyclists over the next two days – Tuesday, 4 April and Wednesday, 5 April.