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As part of the Safe Network Programme, the NZ Transport Agency is currently identifying highways where lower speed limits could help save lives and reduce serious crashes and where communities want change.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that State Highway 35 at Gudgeons Hill will be down to one lane from Monday 30 September while repairs are underway where the road and road shoulder has dropped away due to continual land movement.
Both lanes on SH32 Western Bay Road is now open to all traffic following the closure of one lane due to a minor slip that occurred earlier in the month.
The NZ Transport Agency will resume resurfacing works on the Mackays to Peka Peka (M2PP) Expressway next week, following the suspension of works during winter owing to poor weather.
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 4th October 2019. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
People who drive between Cromwell and Queenstown should factor in some half-hour long, late morning delays at the Nevis Bluff starting Thursday this week.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising construction work on the 2.3km bypass to take traffic away from the single-lane Awakino Tunnel on State Highway 3 will begin next week.
The NZ Transport Agency and Matamata-Piako District Council are advising construction will start on a new semi-permanent roundabout to improve safety and traffic flow at the intersection of State Highway 26 and Avenue Road in Morrinsville next month.
The NZ Transport Agency last week started tree trimming ahead of a significant programme of rock removal using abseilers at Waimakariri Bluffs, the Arthur’s Pass route between Canterbury and the West Coast.