Clear, sunny weather for the latter part of this week in Canterbury means that SH8 south of Tekapo to Lake Pukaki/Twizel is likely to go back to its 100km/hour normal highway speed limit as of Friday morning, after 10 am (26 July).
Underslip repairs starting soon on State Highway 36, will require the highway to be fully closed during the day for 2 weeks between Mangorewa Gorge and Hamurana.
More than 1500 cubic metres of earth has been removed and almost 300 tonnes of concrete poured in the construction of Taranaki’s newest pedestrian underpass.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA)’s current measures to request people to slow down south of Tekapo through to Lake Pukaki/Twizel will remain in place while the cold hoar frost and black ice conditions continue.
State Highway 1 travellers will see some changes ahead as work continues to bring the Ngāruawāhia section of the Waikato Expressway up to 110km/h standard.
As a result of early morning and continued foggy, hoar frost and black ice conditions in the Mackenzie Basin, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is adding an extra highway maintenance crew and dropping the speed limit initially to 50km/h from east of Lake Pukaki to Lake Ruataniwha.
The installation of median barrier on 2 sections of State Highway 2 between Waihī and Ōmokoroa is being re-examined by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
Drivers are advised to plan ahead for the final resurfacing stage of the Te Rapa section of SH1C Waikato Expressway, from the Te Wetini Dr/Wairere Dr overbridge near Wintec through to the Horotiu Interchange.