Update 3pm: Due to incoming weather and other safety concerns SH2 will remain closed between Waiotahi Valley Back Road and Paerata Ridge for slip clearance tonight and throughout tomorrow, Tuesday 17 September.
Plans for a cyclone-damaged stretch of State Highway 35 (SH35) at Mangahauini Gorge are being developed, with work focused on stabilising the hillside and protecting the road from the energy of the Mangahauini River.
Drivers who travel south of Hinds in Mid-Canterbury and north of Rangitata township, may face up to 15-minute delays at the Rangitata River Bridge on SH1 from Monday, 16 September for the next two weeks.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) crews this week began clearing material on the Rock Shelter roof in the Otira Gorge, SH73, using a remote-controlled excavator.
People who travel on the Luggate-Cromwell section of SH6 will have five weeks or more road reconstruction from this week* into mid-October, 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, 20 September 2024. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
The 2024/25 road renewal season has taken a significant step forward this week, with road rebuilding getting underway across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
