Heavy rain falling in Westland is again bringing rock and gravel down on to State Highway 6 at Diana Falls, closing the highway to all traffic from Haast to Makarora.
Operation Waltz - a night time vehicle check recently undertaken jointly by NZ Transport Agency and the Rotorua Road Police Unit of NZ Police found less than fancy warrant of fitness (WOF) compliance in some of the 552 vehicles inspected.
State Highway 6, between Haast and Makarora, will re-open to single-lane traffic at noon today (Tuesday 1 October) after being closed at the weekend when 20,000 tonnes of rock and gravel fell onto the highway at Diana Falls.
The NZ Transport Agency advises road users to be aware of extensive maintenance work at various locations on the state highway network in Northland during the next few days.
The NZ Transport Agency is holding a public information day this Thursday to discuss the proposed option to improve safety at the intersection of State Highway 1 and State Highway 5, south of Tirau.
From early next month electronic speed warning signs will be used to help improve safety at the intersection of State highway 1/Kennington Road just north of Invercargill.
State Highway 6, between Haast and Makarora, remains closed after 20,000 tonnes of rock and gravel fell onto the highway at Diana Falls during the weekend.
Heavy rain over the weekend has brought more than 20,000 tonnes of rock and gravel down onto the road at Diana Falls closing State Highway 6 from Haast to Makarora.
Children at Auckland’s Waterview Primary School this week left their special mark today on New Zealand’s largest ever roading project – the NZ Transport Agency’s Waterview Connection.
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Closures start at 9pm and finish at 5am, unless otherwise stated. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 4 October.
State Highway 1 (Russley Road) will be closed to northbound traffic from 9am for about half an hour at the Memorial Avenue/Russley Road intersection to right a truck and trailer unit that rolled just north of the roundabout at 3am.
The NZ Transport Agency is delighted to announce a free open day in the central west Auckland suburb of Owairaka on Sunday October 13 to provide members of the public a unique opportunity to view Alice - the giant tunnelling machine that has been custom-built for the $1.4b Waterview Connection project.
The NZ Transport Agency has started a dedicated information service to help people stay connected and in touch with extensive construction work affecting travel on Auckland’s Northwestern and Southwestern Motorways (State Highways 16 and 20)