The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists there will be Bridge Painting, Line Marking, and Bridge Joint Repair work on the Northern Motorway (State Highway 1) Northbound between Oteha Valley and Silverdale, on the nights of 17th -19th and 22nd of February 2015.
• New technology to give NZTA greater information on the health of the country’s roads • Mapping the total road network in New Zealand for the first time12,000 lane kilometres of data to be collected in the initial year – the equivalent of travelling from Wellington to Los Angeles
Two sculptures inspired by the history and natural environment of the Bay of Plenty will be installed along the Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL) ahead of the highway’s official opening this year, the NZ Transport Agency says.
The NZ Transport Agency says welding has begun on the Mohaka Bridge as contractors engage in the final push to have the strengthening and repairs of the bridge finished over in coming months.
Motorists travelling State Highway 73 through Arthur’s Pass next week are being advised by the NZ Transport Agency to allow up to 40 minutes longer for their journey time because of road works on the highway.
Motorists are urged to take care on the roads and allow extra time when travelling in the Western Bay of Plenty during mid February to early March as a major road reseal programme gets underway.
The NZ Transport Agency is encouraging motorists heading away this Waitangi Weekend to plan their journey and travel outside peak times to avoid delays.
Aucklanders heading away this Waitangi Weekend, the last long weekend of summer, are being encouraged by the NZ Transport Agency to plan their journey and travel outside peak times to avoid delays.
Assuming Wellingtonians still have some holidaymaking left in them after a spectacular summer, motorists can expect busy highways north of the Capital this Waitangi Weekend.
Motorists are being advised to allow extra travel time for their journey between Auckland and Puhoi/Warkworth later this month with the closure of the Northern Gateway’s Johnstones Hill road tunnels for a major systems upgrade.
The NZ Transport Agency is urging Auckland motorists to take extreme care driving home tonight with four crashes having been reported in the last two hours.
New pedestrian signals designed to improve safety at the Frome Street/State highway (SH1) area in North Oamaru, should be operating by the end of this month.
With the recent completion of the Selwyn Avenue and Central Avenue intersection improvements in Whāngārei, the NZ Transport Agency is now focusing on the next stage of the city’s highway improvements - upgrading SH1 (Western Hills Drive) from Wilson Avenue to Fourth Avenue.
Over the next few weeks, work will be visible in the vicinity of the State Highway 3 Normanby Overbridge in South Taranaki as crews start to set up in preparation for the construction on a new, safer realignment.