The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) will undertake geotechnical ground investigations next Monday as part of the Maunganui-Girven Road and Te Maunga SH29/SH2 intersections improvement project.
China's continued economic strength and the accelerating number of Chinese tourists visiting New Zealand is prompting an NZ Transport Agency safety campaign directed at tourism companies specialising in holidaymakers from the Asian nation.
The maximum limit for a road user charges (RUC) licence purchased online will be removed from 25 May 2013 says Celia Patrick, the NZ Transport Agency’s (NZTA) group manager of Access and Use.
Work will get underway within the next few weeks building new on-and-off ramps for the Northern Motorway at the Lineside Road (State Highway 71)/Smith Street interchange, near Kaiapoi.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) will close Milford Road from the eastern entrance of the Homer Tunnel for between 10 and 14 days from this Thursday (23 May), to carry out emergency safety work to remove an unstable rock feature high above the western entrance to Homer Tunnel.
The NZ Transport Agency says the rollout of new electronic ticket readers on Auckland buses will also be good news for people using public transport well beyond the boundaries of New Zealands largest city.
Motorists travelling the new Christchurch Southern Motorway Stage 1 are saving up to nine minutes in travel time in each direction - for a total time saving of up to 18 minutes a day.
The NZ Transport Agency has added a new set of easy-to-use transport statistics to the NZTA website, providing one-page snapshots of current data on crashes and casualties, registered vehicles, road lengths and vehicle kilometres travelled for all 67 New Zealand Territorial Local Authorities (TLAs).
The NZ Transport Agency says the rollout of new electronic ticket readers on Auckland buses will also be good news for people using public transport well beyond the boundaries of New Zealands largest city.
Motorists can expect short delays on the Kawarau Falls Bridge on State Highway 6 between Frankton and Kelvin Heights next week, while essential pre-winter repairs are made to the bridge deck.
Motorists travelling on State Highway 2 (SH2) near Taneatua will have a safer road to travel on as soon as July, with the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) confirming the new, realigned road will be open by July.
Work on the longest bridge on the Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL) project - the Bay of Plenty's own Road of National Significance - is almost complete, says the NZ Transport Agency's (NZTA).
