The old Rimu Road bridge over the Southwestern Motorway (SH20) will be demolished piece by piece over three nights as part of the SH20 Manukau Harbour Crossing project. Starting this Sunday evening, the NZ Transport Agency will close all motorway lanes underneath the Rimu Road overbridge to carry out the demolition.
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements and maintenance. Closures start at 9pm and finish at 5am, unless otherwise stated. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed on or before the contingency date.
Motorists will notice changes at the end of the Northwestern Motorway at Westgate from Monday 8 December when a new signalised roundabout comes into use.
The NZTA's Northern Busway project will close the northbound lanes of the Northern Motorway (SH1) this weekend with an extended closure on Sunday morning to demolish the last spans of the old Onewa Road Bridge.
New brake tests for heavy vehicles (over 3.5 tonne gvm) such as trucks, buses and motor caravans begin today as part of a drive to reduce crashes and improve the safety of heavy vehicles.
Waitakere motorists will soon have an improved motorway interchange at Te Atatu Road on the Northwestern Motorway as the NZ Transport Agency progresses with work to install two sets of ramp signals, a new priority lane, new traffic lights and widening of on and off-ramps to improve capacity and traffic flow.
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements and maintenance. Closures start at 9pm and finish at 5am, unless otherwise stated. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed on or before the contingency date.
Two high voltage power poles affected by the NZ Transport Agency works to signalise the Welcome Bay and Maungatapu roundabouts, will be repositioned this weekend.
Waitakere motorists will soon have an improved motorway interchange at Te Atatu Road on the Northwestern Motorway as the NZ Transport Agency progresses with work to install two sets of ramp signals, a new priority lane, new traffic lights and widening of the on and off-ramps to improve capacity and traffic flow.
Wellington's Inner City Bypass Project (ICB) has scooped its ninth award at last night's New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards event held at Te Papa.
Responding to recent comments from people concerned about the perceived impacts of proposed roading improvements around Wellington's Basin Reserve, representatives from Greater Wellington Regional Council, Wellington City Council and NZ Transport Agency say proposals for change are not finalised and the community will get its chance to comment when planned consultation is held in 2009.
Impending changes at the Petone Station Park 'n' Ride car park signal that the SH2 Dowse to Petone Upgrade Project (D2P) continues to make excellent progress.
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements and maintenance. Closures start at 9pm and finish at 5am, unless otherwise stated. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed on or before the contingency date.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) and Carterton District Council (CDC) have put the green light on a $1.5m road and urban design contract on State Highway 2 (SH2) along High Street of Carterton, which will improve pedestrian and road user safety.
