NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is reminding owners of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) that they need to start paying road user charges (RUC) from 1 April.
The last throes of March signal the end of the traditional summer road renewal period, and road workers across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty will be swapping bitumen and aggregate for hot cross buns and chocolate this Easter weekend.
A road rehabilitation site on SH1 just north of the Rangitata River at Ealing was unable to be completed this week as unforeseen issues with the surface meant it could not be sealed, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 22 March 2024.
Drivers travelling through the Waikato are advised not to put all their eggs in one basket by planning ahead and expecting delays with holidaymakers anticipated to hit the highways for the long weekend.
Culvert replacement work north of Canterbury’s Springs Junction on the Shenandoah Highway will be completed by 12.30pm today – five hours ahead of the advertised closure, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
