Media releases

21 January 2016 3:49 pm

The NZ Transport Agency is installing new electronic truck warning signs at three narrow corners on the Featherston side of the State Highway 2Rimutaka Hill Road to improve safety by giving motorists advance warning if a large truck is coming around the corner.

19 January 2016 4:07 pm | NZ Transport Agenc: Waikato & Bay of Plenty

A stretch of State Highway 2 (SH2) north of Tauranga is set to get a $1.8 million upgrade that will increase the chances of people walking away from a crash without serious injury.

19 January 2016 10:15 am

The New Year is heralding the start of work on two new projects to improve journey reliability, road safety and freight efficiency on two key transport routes through Whangarei.

18 January 2016 9:24 am

The short pause in road works over the holiday period has ended and contractors are back on the roading network across Northland again.

15 January 2016 12:35 pm | NZ Transport Agency - Southern Region

The NZ Transport Agency advises that State Highway 1 North Of Kaikoura at Kekerungu has been closed due to a serious truck crash.

14 January 2016 4:43 pm | NZ Transport Agency : Waikato & Bay of Plenty

A section of high-risk highway on State Highway 3 between Hamilton Airport and Ohaupo is to be made safer with side-by-side passing lanes to be removed by the NZ Transport Agency.

14 January 2016 12:51 pm | NZ Transport Agency: Auckland and Northland

The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists who may have driven through an effluent spill on State Highway 1 near Takanini this morning to wash their vehicles.

14 January 2016 11:00 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency is advising drivers that delays are likely for travel on SH73 at Mingha Bluff, with a detour in place from tomorrow (January 15) while roadworks and other repairs are carried out.

13 January 2016 4:00 pm | NZ Transport Agency

Work is set to kick off this week to enable the future construction of the Northern Arterial project in Christchurch, starting with the building of two embankments on Belfast Road.

13 January 2016 2:00 pm | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency is urging drivers to respect temporary speed limit reductions in place while urgent repairs are carried out on damaged guardrails at three different sites on Southland state highways.

13 January 2016 11:40 am | NZ Transport Agency : Auckland Transport

Viv Heslop is one of an increasing number of people who are cycling into Auckland’s city centre from the west for work or study.

11 January 2016 11:50 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency is urging motorists in Christchurch to be aware of changes being made this week to the city’s SH1 Harewood/Russley Road roundabout.

11 January 2016 11:50 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists to expect delays travelling along SH73 Arthurs Pass on Wednesday and Thursday this week (January 13-14).

11 January 2016 9:51 am | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists to allow extra time for journeys south of Kaikoura as work gets underway today to maintain and improve this section of SH1 south of Kaikoura.

8 January 2016 12:44 pm | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency is urging road users in the lower North Island to take care and be on the lookout for slippery roads, high winds and loose debris today.