Archaeologists and Waikato Tainui have begun collecting and preserving items from New Zealand’s buried past in preparation for work to start on the $458M Huntly section of the Waikato Expressway.
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, 27 March. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
Motorists are urged to take care on the roads and allow extra time when travelling in the Western Bay of Plenty this week, as work on the Tauranga Eastern Link and a major reseal programme continues.
The NZ Transport Agency is asking motorists to take extra care when travelling citybound through Ellerslie on the Southern Motorway (SH1) from next week.
The Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL) project team are pleased to see the new bridge beams in place today, as part of the rebuild of the fire damaged section at the Domain Road interchange.
The Transport Agency has $1.6m worth of bridge strengthening work underway, or about to get underway, on highways in Central Otago and the Queenstown-Lakes District.
Motorists travelling southbound on State Highway 1 through Whangarei this Saturday (21 March) will be detoured along local streets to allow for the installation of a new storm water culvert across the highway.
Motorists are urged to take care on the roads and allow extra time when travelling in the Western Bay of Plenty this week as work on a major reseal programme continues.
North Shore commuters are advised to allow additional journey time as work starts on the upgrade of the citybound shoulder lane on State Highway 1 leading to the Upper Harbour Highway (Constellation Drive) exit.
Motorists travelling on State Highway 1, just south of Oakleigh, will be detoured on local roads this Sunday (22 March) as the NZ Transport Agency completes major resealing works along a 13km section of the highway.
The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists that Auckland’s Great North Road westbound on-ramp to the Northwestern Motorway (SH16) will be closed from 8pm this Friday 20 March to 5am Monday 23 March.*
The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists travelling on State Highway 1 (SH1) Cambridge to drive with care and expect short delays this week as work on the Waikato expressway continues.
The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists to postpone all non-essential travel in the Gisborne and East Cape regions due to treacherous road conditions caused by Tropical Cyclone Pam.
Tairawhiti Roads is urging Gisborne road users to plan ahead as Cyclone Pam bears down on the East Coast, and to avoid nonessential travel during severe weather.