Walkers and cyclists now have safer access across Auckland's busy Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) with the official opening today of the Westgate Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge.
The NZ Transport Agency is closing State Highway 12 (SH12) to all traffic at Hardies Bridge near Matakohe in Northland for six hours on Tuesday (February 12) for maintenance work.
State Highway 30 (SH30) Ruato Bay will be closed overnight for three consecutive nights so investigations can be carried out to determine an effective solution to stabilise the cliff face which caused a large slip last year and reduced a section of this road to one lane.
The NZ Transport Agency advises drivers that the Redoubt Road onramp, northbound, on Auckland's Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) at Manukau will be closed tonight (Wednesday, 30 January) for emergency repairs to a damaged guard rail. The work will be carried out between 9pm and 5am.
An application by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) to change the designation for a new two-lane bridge at Kawarau Falls Bridge on State highway 6 near Queenstown will be heard next month.
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 1 February.
The NZ Transport Agency says it has obtained funding for the next stage of the State Highway 1 improvements in Warkworth – the upgrade of the Hudson Road/State Highway 1 intersection.
The new Buckle Street diversion road opens tomorrow morning Friday 25 January, with new routes for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers as the Memorial Park Alliance moves towards construction of the new underpass.
The NZ Transport Agency has awarded a contract to build the $105 million Rangiriri section of the Waikato Expressway, Road of National Significance, to Fletcher Construction.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says protecting competitors from possible rockfalls is behind its decision to exclude the Homer Tunnel section of State Highway 94 from this Saturday's (26 January) Milford Sound to Te Anau cycle race.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says work will start tomorrow (24 January) weather permitting, on the installation of a temporary portal extension at the Homer Tunnel on State Highway 94, as part of the agency’s efforts to improve safety for road users at a rock fall site in an area high above the western entrance of the tunnel.
Predicted fine weather and the final long weekend of summer will contribute to heavy traffic volumes on Auckland's motorways this weekend, and the NZ Transport Agency is urging drivers to plan their journeys now to avoid possible delays.
The NZTA says the last major job on the new 1.4 kilometre State Highway 1 four-lane Caversham by-pass in Dunedin involving applying the final surfacing of the highway should be completed by the end of this week.
Work will start next week on a new roundabout to increase safety at the Tay Street intersection with Racecourse and Rockdale Roads, on the eastern entrance into Invercargill.
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, 25 January.