With warmer weather on the way, people heading north and around the Northland state highway network over the coming months can expect to see an increase in roadworks.
Safer roadworks, more efficient urban freight movement and better shared spaces for different transport users are the focus of up to $3.7 million of funding from the second round of the Waka Kotahi innovation fund Hoe ki angitū.
Waka Kotahi is advising drivers to plan ahead for upcoming ramp closures and detours while scheduled road resurfacing is carried out on State Highway 1 along the 4.8km Rangiriri section of the Waikato Expressway.
Just like Willie Nelson, roading crews all over Southland cannot wait to get on the road again, preparing highways for summer repairs and full reconstruction work in several key places.
As the Auraki Stream road retreat project on State Highway 4 near Raetihi nears completion, dozens of school-aged children have helped with planting in the area.
Regular users of State Highway 50 can breathe a little easier, with the Waipawa Bridge set to reopen to traffic from Friday afternoon (25 August) following a blessing onsite this Thursday.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says SH35 has now been re-opened to a single lane at the site of a large slip between Beach Road and the Motu River Bridge East of Ōpōtiki.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has lifted the prohibition notice issued to KiwiRail on 11 July preventing the Te Huia passenger rail service from entering the Auckland Metro area.
