As part of the Safe Network Programme, the NZ Transport Agency is currently identifying highways where lower speed limits could help save lives and reduce serious crashes and where communities want change.
The NZ Transport Agency will resume resurfacing works on the Mackays to Peka Peka (M2PP) Expressway next week, following the suspension of works during winter owing to poor weather.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising construction work on the 2.3km bypass to take traffic away from the single-lane Awakino Tunnel on State Highway 3 will begin next week.
The NZ Transport Agency and Matamata-Piako District Council are advising construction will start on a new semi-permanent roundabout to improve safety and traffic flow at the intersection of State Highway 26 and Avenue Road in Morrinsville next month.
The NZ Transport Agency says $313 million in funding being re-allocated from the rapid transit activity class in the 2018–21 National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) will be used to progress a range of state highway improvements, as well as for public transport, walking and cycling, road policing, and local road improvements.
The NZ Transport Agency has confirmed that it plans to build a new grade-separated crossing for pedestrians and cyclists across Maunganui Road between Spur Avenue and Concord Avenue in Tauranga.
With spring bringing warmer weather, alongside comes the beginning of renewal works on Southland state highways by Highways South, for the NZ Transport Agency. These works include road reconstructions involving several layers of roading material and resealing and will take place until autumn 2020.
Work is getting underway next week to complete installation of rumble strips on four sections of state highway in Manawatū-Whanganui – part of the NZ Transport Agency’s Safety Boost Programme for making rural state highways safer.
The most significant change to motorcycle safety in New Zealand in decades is on the way with the introduction of mandatory requirements for anti-lock braking systems (ABS) starting from April 2020
The NZ Transport Agency is advising a short detour will be in place for southbound road users on State Highway 1 at Tamahere for up to six weeks from 1 October.
The Melling transport improvements project will be jointly consented as part of the RiverLink partnership between the NZ Transport Agency, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Hutt City Council, Transport Agency Director of Regional Relationships Emma Speight announced today.