NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is introducing a 10-working days stand down period for learner driver licence tests after a second failed attempt on the same day, in order to manage demand and reduce wait times.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi contractors will be back on site continuing safety improvement work on the State Highway 1-East Taupō Arterial from later this month.
The countdown is on, not only for Santa’s elves but also for works finishing across the state highway network throughout the Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
Crews working to seal Tāngarākau Gorge on the Forgotten World Highway will be back onsite from January to continue construction and also build four additional retaining walls.
The Transport Rebuild East Coast (TREC) alliance is progressing a busy season of state highway road renewals on the East Coast in addition to ongoing cyclone recovery and rebuild work.
It’s “job done” on the much admired and eagerly awaited new Beaumont Bridge on SH8, in the Otago town of Beaumont, with the recent final sealing and lane marking of the bridge deck.
Joy to our beautiful corner of the world, which will see congestion on peak travel days this summer as always, however if everyone leaves plenty of time, drives to the conditions and plans ahead before leaving home, frustrations can be eased.
With Aucklanders already ditching the city to hit the beach, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is encouraging people to plan ahead for their summer road trips.
State Highway 25A between Kōpū and Hikuai is now open, with traffic able to cross over the new 124 metre Taparahi Bridge for the first time this morning.