The NZ Transport Agency is advising southbound motorists on SH1 to prepare for a detour at Rangiriri on Saturday as work begins on the Rangiriri Interchange as part of the Waikato Expressway, Road of National Significance.
With nearly 5km of new guardrails now in place on the Rimutaka Hill Road and Muldoon’s Corner consigned to history, the NZ Transport Agency says that years of hard slog and an investment of more than $17 million overall is making a real difference to driver safety.
People living around Paparoa’s Nurse Clavell Lane in Northland have received a special 'thank you' from the NZ Transport Agency for their support during an emergency closure on State Highway 12 (SH12).
Passenger transport vehicle operators whose vehicles and drivers were checked as part of Operation Snowflake at the Mount Hutt Ski Area today have been praised by the NZ Transport Agency for their commitment to vehicle safety.
Motorists can expect delays tomorrow, Thursday 18 July, to allow blasting of unstable rock adjacent to the Goldfields Mining Centre on State highway 6 in the Kawarau Gorge, about 8km west of Cromwell, and 50km east of Queenstown.
The NZ Transport Agency says State Highway 1 (the Desert Road) between Rangipo and Waiouru is now open after being closed yesterday, the Agency says temperatures on the Central Plateau are still below zero and drivers need to take extreme care when driving through the area.
Drivers using State Highway 2 over the Harbour Bridge in Tauranga are advised to expect minor delays as guardrail repairs will be undertaken on Wednesday night, says the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA).
Safer journeys are within sight at a high risk intersection on State highway 1, with the NZ Transport Agency beginning work tomorrow to replace the intersection of Otaihanga Rd near Southward Car Museum with a large two lane roundabout.
Following a meeting last week with the Road Transport Association, the New Zealand Transport Agency and Environment Southland are rethinking their approach to stock truck effluent disposal in Southland.
The NZ Transport Agency says the replacement of a flood damaged culvert that closed a section of State highway 1 near Waipahi in South Otago earlier this month, should be repaired by this Thursday (18 July).
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says heavy rain overnight has caused damage to the recent work carried out at the State Highway 2/Domain Road intersection, part of the Tauranga Eastern Link project.
The NZ Transport Agency says the workers are progressing well with clearing snow from the road on State Highway 1 (the Desert Road) between Rangipo and Waiouru which was closed on Wednesday night and is expected to reopen midday today.
The NZ Transport Agency says State Highway 1 (the Desert Road) between Rangipo and Waiouru is now open with clearing taking longer due to the sheer volume of snow and the challenges of clearing around narrow and restricted sections of the highway.
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, 19 July.