There are changes ahead for motorists using State Highway 20A in Mangere as work to build a new trench that will eventually become the motorway heads under Kirkbride Road.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that the Manawatū Gorge will be closed from 9am on Monday 11 July to allow the recovery of a truck that went off the road and into the river on Friday 8 July.
Contractors began installing a new gas pipeline and fibre cable under Queenstown’s Shotover River bridge this week, affecting traffic movements from night to early morning – 8.00 pm to 6.30 am weekdays. The work may take until Friday 29 July.
The NZ Transport Agency is about to start work constructing two new retaining walls to help stabilise the hillside on the Nelson side of the Takaka Hill.
A joint NZ Transport Agency, KiwiRail and TrackSAFE NZ campaign targeted at improving driver awareness at railway level crossings has been installed in the Rangitikei district today. The ‘Expect a train’ campaign aims to get local drivers off ‘autopilot’ mode when crossing rural railway tracks.
One of the South Island’s highest risk intersections is set for a major safety overhaul, with the NZ Transport Agency confirming the $2.9 million construction funding needed for the upgrade.
The NZ Transport Agency is reassuring motorists that engineers are closely monitoring two cracks which have appeared on a section of State Highway 5 (SH5) in Tumunui, south of Rotorua, and the road remains safe for travel.
NZ Transport Agency contractors are out in force in the Bay of Plenty this month, working to make the highways safer and progress major projects such as the Te Puna roundabout and Tauranga’s Maungatapu underpass upgrade.
An overnight building demolition in Ashburton, on the corner of West and Tancred Streets, this Monday night, 4 July, will involve a detour off State Highway 1.
