In another step towards the completion of the Bay of Plenty's largest state highway project, the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) last week awarded a $1.6 million contract to construct a new weigh station at Paenagroa on the Tauranga Eastern Link.
Motorists can expect extended delays tomorrow, Tuesday 6 November 2012 while further blasting is carried out to stabilise a major slip on State highway 6 about 16km south of Makarora.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says the badly quake damaged Lyttelton Tunnel Control building has been classified as dangerous and it has asked the Christchurch Earthquake Authority CERA to demolish the building.
New Zealand has scored a notable victory against Australia - a victory won this time, not on the sports field, but in an engineering and transport "arena" of asphalt and concrete.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) advises that the road is closed at the intersection of State Highway 2 and State Highway 25 near Ngatea, following a crash between a car and a truck earlier this afternoon.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising drivers heading north to Auckland via State Highway 2 that there has been a truck roll on the SH2 onramp onto SH1 north of Pokeno.
The NZ Transport Agency is working hard to remove pine trees from the verge of SH1 in Tawa to prevent potential crashes and disruptions during storms on the busy, strategic route for Wellington.
Motorists can expect extended delays tomorrow, Wednesday 31 October 2012 while further blasting is carried out to stabilise a major slip on State highway 6 about 16km south of Makarora.
One of the few remaining intersections on State Highway 1 in North Dunedin that isn't controlled by traffic signals will have its own signals by Christmas.
The final centre span beam has been installed today (Friday 26 October) on the Atiamuri Bridge Replacement project. The milestone marks the end of a two-month process involving a total of 12 'stringer beams' lifted individually by crane onto the new bridge supports.
The NZ Transport Agency is asking drivers to take extra care next week when it starts removing the hoardings surrounding its trial site on the causeway on the Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) in Auckland.
More improvements and additions to signage at the intersection of State Highways 3 and 37 (Waitomo Caves turnoff) have been carried out by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) contractors recently. The Agency has been working with the Waitomo District Council, Police and other road safety partners to identify opportunities for improvements at the intersection which has been the site of two fatal crashes this year.