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The State Highway 1 (SH1) Tīrau to Waiouru accelerated maintenance project is the largest and most ambitious maintenance and renewal project to be undertaken in New Zealand. It started in September 2024 on SH1 in central and southern Waikato.
Road users should expect some delays tomorrow, Wednesday 13 November, when travelling through the State Highway 2 (SH2) and Ōmokoroa intersection, while overhead powerlines are moved to make way for the new roundabout.
Smoother journeys are coming for motorists through Matamata, with works underway in late November and early December to improve the condition of State Highway 27 (SH27) and State Highway 24 (SH24).
State Highway 36 (SH36) Mangorewa Gorge has had a facelift! If you’re travelling through the gorge on SH36/Tauranga Direct Road in the Bay of Plenty, be prepared to see changes says Sandra King, Bay of Plenty System Manager at NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
As people across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty head away for the first long weekend of the 2024/25 summer period, road workers will be laying down their tools to join them for a few well-deserved days of rest.
The first new coats of seal have been applied onto various sites across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highway network, as fine weather has allowed crews to get out on the roads.
State Highway 1 between Tīrau and Putāruru has re-opened on schedule today (Friday 4 October), following the successful completion of work to rebuild the road surface during a four week closure.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising that emergency road repairs are underway at the intersection of SH1 and SH29 in Piarere following heavy rain.
Over the past 2 weekends on State Highway 1 (SH1) near Cambridge, helicopters truly had the power, pulling transmission wires across SH1 as part of work on the National Grid. This meant the road had to be closed to keep everyone safe. It was a strange sight, seeing a normally very busy SH1 without any traffic.
Update 3pm: Due to incoming weather and other safety concerns SH2 will remain closed between Waiotahi Valley Back Road and Paerata Ridge for slip clearance tonight and throughout tomorrow, Tuesday 17 September.
