NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is urging motorists to plan ahead and check the latest conditions before driving on the West Coast, with significant heavy rain forecast from 9am Tuesday morning until Thursday evening. Further warnings are in place for Fiordland.
A reminder to road users that two nights of work will take place from Monday on a stretch of State Highway 2 between Pan Pac Whirinaki and Tutira Store, north of Napier.
A stretch of State Highway 51 will be closing for six days later this month for road widening and sealing, as the safety improvements project enters its final phase.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 12 April 2024.
Road users are advised there will be overnight closures and traffic reduced to a single lane on State Highway 2 through the Karangahake Gorge from mid-April.
A road rehabilitation site on SH1 just north of the Rangitata River at Ealing, South Canterbury, will be sealed this Friday 5 April, if the weather stays dry, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising motorists of an upcoming temporary closure of the T2 transit lane on the State Highway 16 (SH16) eastbound (citybound) onramp at Te Atatū.