For people packing up the car this Labour Weekend and heading away, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has a handy way to make your travel safer and more enjoyable.
A works programme to help inform the design of the New Zealand Upgrade Programme in Queenstown will be carried out over the next few months. It includes multiple utility investigations, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
Tākaka Hill night-time travellers have an extra night of hill closure Friday night (tomorrow), 14 October, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. The highway will be closed 8pm Friday to 5.30am Saturday.
Waka Kotahi - NZ Transport Agency will close State Highway 6 (SH6) between Hira and Ronga Road near Rai Valley from Tuesday, 1 November to Sunday, 18 December, to make emergency repairs.
The long and winding road through the South Canterbury capital of Timaru will start to feel smoother from after Labour Weekend this year, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
Sunshine in many places combined with hard work from highway operators this morning and overnight has enabled Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to reopen most Southland and Otago highways by lunchtime today.
With a number of snow and ice-caused closures around Otago, Southland and further north on Banks Peninsula overnight, sunshine, grader drivers and grit truck operators are making a dent in getting key highways reopened and safer for drivers.
Residents and regular users of State Highway 1 in Marlborough need to be ready for a series of night closures at Weld Pass beginning this Sunday, 9 October.
Road users and residents who use State Highway 60 between Motueka and Appleby need to get ready for major maintenance work planned for later this month.
An intense cold snap is forecast to spread northwards over the country from Tuesday evening to Thursday, possibly bringing snow to low levels over the South Island/ Te Waipounamu.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency crews will be rebuilding the highway, at the same time as logging contractors are felling trees, on the inland Rakaia Gorge Road, SH77, this week to the end of October, weekdays.