The NZTA has awarded the contract to Beca Consultants for a project to develop the long term solution for the Maunganui/Girven Road intersection in Tauranga.
The NZ Transport Agency is working with the organisers of a new cycling event planned for Auckland in November 2011 to explore the feasibility of using the Auckland Harbour Bridge as part of the course for the event.
Fourteen additional webcams have been commissioned on Auckland's motorway network by the NZ Transport Agency as it expands its traffic information services ahead of the Christmas holidays to give people more detailed information about highway conditions before they travel.
The NZ Transport Agency says ramp signals will start operating at the connection of the Southwestern and Southern motorways [State Highways 20 and 1] at Manukau in south Auckland on Monday, 13 December, to improve traffic flows and driver safety.
Construction of a two-lane roundabout that will eventually link the new State Highway 25 Kopu Bridge with the State Highway 26 Ngati Maru Highway, between Thames and Paeroa, is substantially completed.
Auckland's Northwest commuters will benefit from safer journeys this holiday season when the NZ Transport Agency opens a new roundabout at the intersection of State Highway 16 and Brigham Creek Road on Monday 13 December.
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Closures start at 8pm and finish at 5am, unless otherwise stated. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday 10 December.
The NZ Transport Agency says heavy vehicles will again be allowed to use the extreme left hand lanes on the north and south bound box girders on the Auckland Harbour Bridge from Saturday morning, 4 December.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) received approximately 200 responses following its recent open day on the future of State Highway 30/ Te Ngae Road in Rotorua East.
The new pedestrian/cycle bridge spanning Onehunga Harbour Road will be officially opened by the NZ Transport Agency this Thursday afternoon - 2 December 2010. It will provide much needed safe crossing across Onehunga Harbour Road between the Old Mangere Bridge and Onehunga.
New research by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and ACC has revealed that 90 percent of New Zealanders significantly underestimate the amount of practice needed by learner drivers, highlighting the importance of structured training programmes.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is aiming to further improve road safety in December by commencing an extensive two-year trial of new road markings on State Highway 1 between Ohinewai and Huntly.
A public information day to share the latest news on the Tauranga Eastern Link will be held on Wednesday, December 1 at Gordon Spratt Centre, Papamoa between 4pm and 7.30pm.