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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, 24 May.
Motorists can expect short delays on the Kawarau Falls Bridge on State Highway 6 between Frankton and Kelvin Heights next week, while essential pre-winter repairs are made to the bridge deck.
Motorists travelling on State Highway 2 (SH2) near Taneatua will have a safer road to travel on as soon as July, with the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) confirming the new, realigned road will be open by July.
Work on the longest bridge on the Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL) project - the Bay of Plenty's own Road of National Significance - is almost complete, says the NZ Transport Agency's (NZTA).
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, 17 May.
Owners of light diesel vehicles, ie those less than 3,500 kg, that are used almost exclusively off road now have the option of applying for a permanent exemption from paying road user charges (RUC), reports the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA).
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says an April series of compliance and safety checks on taxis operating in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions shows that the overall standard of cabs in the regions is rising but there is still room for improvement.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) advises that a 50 metre long section of State Highway 39, seven kilometres south of Whatawhata, will be down to one lane during the day for a week from Friday (10 May), while repairs to a culvert are carried out.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that temporary speed restrictions will soon be in force for southbound motorists on SH2 past Whakatiki Street in Upper Hutt while the NZTA investigates further safety measures at this high-crash intersection.
Electronic warning signs have been installed at the intersection of Buchanans Road and State Highway 73 as part of a two-year trial to improve safety at the intersection where there have been 19 crashes in 10 years.
The NZ Transport Agency advises drivers that the westbound lanes between Te Atatu Road and Lincoln Road, Auckland, will be closed each night from tonight (6 May) to Thursday 9 May, inclusive, for emergency works associated with the Lincoln Road interchange project.