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People who drive over Tākaka Hill (SH60) at night should be aware that pre-winter maintenance begins on Sunday night, 15 May. The highway will be closed from 8 pm at night until 5.30 am the next morning through until Friday morning, 20 May (five nights).
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is inviting people to learn more about recent work on the four-lane Ōtaki to north of Levin highway and walking and cycling path.
State Highway 2 over the Remutaka Hill will be closed for 10 nights over a two-week period next month to allow crews to safely complete essential maintenance and upgrade a major culvert.
The closure of the railway crossing at the southern end of State Highway 1B Telephone Road at the intersection with Holland Road will be extended while the long-term future of this intersection is decided.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises that work to replace the Stock Effluent Disposal Facility located on State Highway 3 at Ahititi, just north of Mt. Messenger, in Taranaki, will start on Wednesday 27 April.
Waka Kotahi is expecting traffic in and out of Northland and Auckland to be heavy this afternoon, as people travel home from long weekends, extended breaks and ANZAC Day commemorations.
People are being encouraged to plan ahead and ‘level up’ their travel plans with the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency holiday journey planner this Anzac Day holiday weekend, to avoid delays on some of the Central North Island’s busiest routes for holiday traffic.
Te Āpiti - Manawatū Gorge walking track will be closed for three days in May while work is undertaken to remove material from the permanently closed Big Slip Lookout.
From 7am tomorrow (Friday 22 April), the entire length of State Highway 35 will be open to traffic 24 hours a day for the first time since last month’s significant weather event.
A band of rain which started moving up the South Island yesterday afternoon is causing surface flooding on SH6 from South Westland to Westport, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
Bay of Plenty and Waikato road users are reminded to plan ahead before travelling this ANZAC weekend so they can get to their destination safely and avoid delays.