The NZ Transport Agency has started work alongside a section of Auckland's Southwestern Motorway (State Highway 20) that will provide more information to help drivers plan their journeys.
Motorists are advised that as part of the NZ Transport Agency’s (NZTA) Tauranga Eastern Link project (TEL), there will be traffic changes taking place along State Highway 2 at Te Maunga over the next few weeks.
The NZ Transport Agency says the planned closure of a section of one of Auckland's key arterial roads to move a heavy segment of the Waterview Connection's giant tunnel boring machine has been postponed 24 hours.
The NZ Transport Agency asks all road users to be aware of speed restrictions and changes to highway and road layouts at the following locations where improvements are being made to the state highway network in Northland and northern region of Auckland:-
Wet weather and cold temperatures at State Highway 60 (SH60) at Birds Hill in Golden Bay mean that the NZ Transport Agency has stopped construction for the next couple of months. However, the NZTA says that the delay won’t affect this section of SH60 being ready for summer.
The NZ Transport Agency says two crashes are disrupting mid-afternoon traffic on the Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) at Parnell and on the Southern Motorway (SH1) between Gillies Avenue and Khyber Pass.
The massive task of shifting the world’s10th largest tunnel boring machine from an Auckland wharf to the site of the Waterview Connection project is underway.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) advises motorists travelling along State Highway 29 (SH29), near the Ruahihi Power Station at Omanawa, to expect delays as work to repair the Ruahihi (Wairoa River) Bridge will start next Monday (29 July) for the entire week.
The giant machine known as Alice that will bore the tunnels for the Waterview Connection, sailed into Auckland at 4pm today (Monday, 22 July) after its three-week long voyage from China.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising Wellington commuters to either car pool or travel by public transport tomorrow with several car-parking buildings in the CBD closed following Sunday's earthquake.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that from Monday 22 July, the 70km/hr speed zone at the northern end of Pukerua Bay will change to 50km/hr.