The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists the Kamo Bypass on State Highway 1 in Whangarei will be closed to traffic while road repairs are carried out later this month.
NZ Transport Agency crews cleaned up highways on the West Coast today after last night and this morning’s heavy rain – 240 mm over 24 hours in South Westland.
Road users who travel on the stretch of State Highway 2 between Awakeri and Taneatua in the Bay of Plenty are advised that a detour via State Highway 30 and Whakatane will be in place from next week, while work is carried out on Pekatahi Bridge.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that contractors will soon start maintenance work at the site of the 2011 Manawatū Gorge slip. The maintenance work involves clearing debris that has accumulated over time on the terraced sections of the slip.
The NZ Transport Agency reopened State Highway 6 between Ross and Haast just before 10 am today with one lane in some places and Stop/Go manual traffic management.
A project to improve safety for road users on a stretch of rural State Highway 34 west of Te Teko to Kawerau will get underway at the end of this month.
‘Know before you go’ to avoid travel delays and disruption is the message from the NZ Transport Agency, as the annual road maintenance season gets underway across Canterbury.
Motorists travelling north from Main North Road onto the Christchurch Northern Motorway are advised to expect changes to the road layout from later this week, as work on the Western Belfast Bypass continues.