The NZ Transport Agency says work will begin soon to resurface State Highway 3 at Mount Messenger following the recent deterioration of the road surface.
Construction of the SH1 Waikato Expressway Te Rapa section was officially started today with the turning of the first sod by Transport Minister Steven Joyce.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) would like to remind motorists that the SH21 Narrows Bridge, which crosses the Waikato River just south of Hamilton on Airport Road, is closed until further notice.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is beginning preliminary work on improvements to State Highway 1 from North of Otaki to North of Levin, part of the Wellington Northern Corridor road of national significance. The NZTA is inviting tenders to undertake this work via the Government Electronic Tenders Service website from today.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is progressing preparations for a temporary single-lane bailey bridge to take traffic over the State Highway 21 (Airport Road) Waikato River Crossing, just south of Hamilton at the Narrows.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising commuters to avoid Roscommon Road in Manukau City or risk long delays during the morning peak because of necessary changes to road layouts.
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Closures start at 8pm and finish at 5am, unless otherwise stated. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday 1 October.
Figures just released by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) show the number of people killed on roads in the Otago region in 2009 was the lowest in over five years.
The latest NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) road crash figures for Southland for the past five years show that Injury crashes on the regions roads hit a nine year low in 2009.
High quality rock netting supplied free of charge by Solid Energy, is being used to secure rock near the Lyttelton Tunnel, damaged by the massive earthquake that hit the Canterbury region earlier this month.
Travellers to and from Auckland International Airport and Manukau will have more reliable and safer journey times when a project to widen a section of SH20 is completed mid 2011.