Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway (SH16) eastbound will be closed each night between St Lukes and the Central Motorway Junction from 9pm to 5am the following morning starting tomorrow, Tuesday 27 May until Friday 29 May.
Drivers are being urged to take extreme care tomorrow morning, as snow and freezing temperatures will mean many Otago and Southland roads are likely to be affected by severe icing.
Traffic was switched onto the new Paengaroa roundabout last week, as part of the Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL) project. Drivers travelling along State Highway 2 (SH2) and State Highway 33 (SH33) will have welcomed the improvement to their journey.
The NZ Transport Agency will be undertaking work over the next few days to replace the two passing lanes on State Highway 3 near Big Jim’s Garden Centre with wide shoulders and a wide centreline to improve safety for road users.
Local forestry companies, log transport operators and ACC have teamed up to deliver a safety programme to 36 Waikato and Bay of Plenty rural schools in coming months.
The NZ Transport Agency says a temporary 50km/h speed limit extending into a 100km/h section of State highway 1 north of Mataura is likely to be lifted in the next week or two.
The Transport Agency says work on the State Highway1/5 roundabout south of Tirau will continue over winter, with the final road connections to be completed in spring as the deep excavations needed to complete the tie-ins require drier weather.
Today, the historic Home of Compassion Creche will begin the first phase of its journey to its final resting place as part of the National War Memorial Park development.