The NZ Transport Agency is advising travellers in Otago and around Dunedin to avoid any non-essential travel today and tonight as flood waters cover highways.
Planning to upgrade the State Highway 1 Hill Street intersection in Warkworth, north of Auckland, has been reduced to two short list options, and members of the public are now invited to have their say.
Aucklanders will soon be able to have their say on a series of projects aiming to improve access and travel choices, connect communities and support growth in the south west and south east of Auckland including Auckland Airport.
The NZ Transport Agency is removing short sections of edgeline rumble strips* on three southern South Island state highways after accepting suggested changes made by local cycling groups and the Waitaki District Council.
Summer road works have begun on Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes District highways which will help ensure well-maintained road surfaces and safe journeys for road users all year round.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that State Highway 35 Tatapouri Hill, between Okitu and Tolaga Bay, will now be under stop/go management on Friday 16 November to allow the NZ Police Serious Crash Unit to carry out their investigation into a fatal crash on the road on Saturday 10 November.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that Gladstone Road Bridge will be reduced to one lane with stop/go controllers on Friday 16 November between 7am and 1pm.
The NZ Transport Agency is taking the significant but necessary step of permanently closing the Old Māngere Bridge which links the Ōnehunga and Māngere Bridge communities because of concerns about the risk to public safety.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that State Highway 35 Tatapouri Hill, between Okitu and Tolaga Bay, will be closed on Thursday 15 November to allow the NZ Police Serious Crash Unit to carry out their investigation into a fatal crash on the road on Saturday 10 November.
The NZ Transport Agency is delighted to announce that the Baypark to Bayfair Link project will now include a new separated pedestrian and cycle underpass at the Bayfair roundabout.
The NZ Transport Agency is aiming to have State Highway 73 linking the West Coast and Canterbury via Arthur’s Pass and the Ōtira Gorge reopened at 7.00 am Tuesday morning, 13 November.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising road users to continue to drive with care, and to plan ahead for journeys this evening and over the weekend as severe weather continues to affect South Island roads. Temperatures have plummeted across the South Island, and travellers are reminded to be prepared for winter driving conditions, and carry warm clothing.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising road users to continue to drive with care, and to plan ahead for journeys today and over the weekend as severe weather continues to affect South Island roads.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising road users that SH73 from Arthurs Pass to Jacksons is unlikely to open today. There is an Alternate Route in place via Lewis Pass SH7, please add around an hour and a half to your journey. Goat Creek Bridge is still intact, the western approach embankment has been washed away.
