Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises people to plan ahead for upcoming disruptions to travel on State Highway 3 over Mt Messenger from 16 May 2022 through to mid-June 2022, as enabling works for the Te Ara o Te Ata: Mt Messenger Bypass project get underway.
Plans to complete two significant pieces of work on key routes into Tauranga this month have been adjusted slightly to ensure successful outcomes for contractors and road users.
Safety improvements to State Highway 1 Waikato Expressway between Ōhinewai and Rangiriri have been completed, and now the team are ready to remove 8.5km of temporary steel barriers on the northbound lane.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises that the detour off State Highway 3 through Waitara for light northbound vehicles that has been in place since January has been temporarily removed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
State Highway 1 night-time traffic will be detoured at Tamahere in the first two weeks of May as work continues on the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway.
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.
The iconic Forgotten World Highway (State Highway 43) has been getting a well-deserved upgrade recently with a number of works to improve safety and resilience completed and underway.