Improved safety features including flexible median and roadside safety barriers are being installed along the 15km East Taupō Arterial road. These changes will help to reduce the number of death and serious injury crashes along this route.
We are working with KiwiRail to progress this project that involves constructing an additional northbound lane from Ellerslie–Panmure Highway on-ramp to just after the main highway overbridge. This will help to ease congestion by increasing the northbound section to four lanes.
These speed limits were set on SH1 in Glenavy, South Canterbury and Waitaki Bridge, North Otago in 2020. In 2025, NZTA is consulting on the section of SH1 south of Glenavy, from McLean St to Jackson Rd, to see if people support keeping the 80km/h speed limit, rather than see it reverse to 100km/h.
This project is no longer proceeding to construction to align with government priorities.
This project is no longer proceeding to construction to align with government priorities.
The speed limit is increasing to 110 km/h on the Kāpiti Expressway, from north of the Poplar Avenue interchange to south of the Ōtaki northern interchange.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has set new speed limits on SH1 between L Phillips Road (near Sheepworld) and Pūhoi to ensure the speeds are safe and right for this road.
We’re improving the safety of State Highway 1 between Levin and Foxton by installing a new roundabout at the intersection with Waitārere Beach Road, stretches of painted wide centreline, roadside and median barriers, and new turnaround facilities.
Improvements to the SH1 and Loop Road intersection to make it safer and easier to use. This is part of the important strategic link between Auckland and Whangārei.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has set permanent new speed limits on SH1 Moerewa to Kawakawa.
