Bad weather over the weekend, caused unexpected traffic hold ups during first of two planned 12 hour overnight closures of the Taramakau Bridge on State Highway 6 near Greymouth.
NZ Transport Agency contractors will be busy carrying out a number of repairs over the next 3 weeks to prepare SH14 for winter weather and motorists are asked to take care around the work sites.
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, 19 June. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday
The NZ Transport Agency will be carrying out night works on SH11 through Paihia to complete the final stage of the road upgrade along the township’s waterfront.
The NZ Transport Agency advises people travelling around Bay of Plenty to expect delays and allow extra time to get to their destination, as speed restrictions of 30km/h and stop/go traffic management will be in place at various state highway sites around the region.
Learning about how New Zealand’s first smart motorway will help to smooth out traffic flow has just got easier thanks to a NZ Transport Agency information centre which opens today in Johnsonville.
The Transport Agency expects to start work from next week to improve the braking performance on State highway 6 (SH6) immediately south of Winton that currently has temporary speed restrictions in place.
The NZ Transport Agency will start repair work this week (10 June) on a section of SH12 through the Waipoua Forest which has slipped into the river below.
The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists to allow extra time when travelling on State Highway 1 through the Waikato as work on the Waikato Expressway continues.
The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists to allow an extra 10 minutes when travelling on State Highway 2 (SH2) between Tauranga and Waihi this month as work continues on a $5 million safety improvements programme.