The NZ Transport Agency will take advantage of tonight’s planned closure of Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) between Brigham Creek roundabout and Te Atatu Road to make changes at the Lincoln Road interchange to benefit drivers accessing the motorway.
The NZ Transport Agency apologises for the delay that drivers would have experienced this morning when using the Lincoln Road interchange to get onto Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16).
The NZ Transport Agency advises road users to be aware of extensive maintenance work and speed restrictions at various locations on the state highway network in Northland during the next few days.
The NZ Transport Agency has begun work on the final stage of a project on Auckland’s Southwestern Motorway (State Highway 20) to provide more information to help drivers plan their journeys.
The giant tunnel boring machine called Alice at Auckland’s Waterview Connection motorway project is at the centre of the workers’ initiative to raise money for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
The last remaining appeal against a decision by the NZ Transport Agency to change the designation for a new two-lane bridge at Kawarau Falls Bridge near Queenstown was withdrawn late last week, meaning a five day hearing due start today has been cancelled.
The NZ Transport Agency wishes to advise motorists planning to travel along State Highway 2 south of Te Puke that speed restrictions and manual traffic operations will be in place tomorrow Saturday 23 November from 7.30am to 5.00pm as part of routine road resurface maintenance works.
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, 29 November.
The Transport Agency is carrying out further work from next week to increase safety at the Nevis Bluff above State highway 6 about half way between Cromwell and Queenstown.
Motorists are advised that as part of the NZ Transport Agency’s Tauranga Eastern Link project, there will be traffic changes taking place along a section of Tara Road adjacent to the Domain Road intersection.
The NZ Transport Agency has taken another significant step to replace Auckland’s iconic Old Mangere Bridge by appointing a team of consultants to design a new people-friendly crossing for the Manukau Harbour.
The NZ Transport Agency confirms that repairs to the surface of a key tourism route in Northland - State Highway 11 south of Paihia - will start next Monday (25 November) weather permitting.
As part of ongoing construction of the Rangiriri Section of the Waikato Expressway, work to shift SH 1 traffic onto a new temporary road alignment between Te Wheoro Road to the north and Rangiriri Road (adjacent to the Rangiriri Hotel) to the south, will start from tomorrow (Thursday 21 November).
Maintenance surfacing repairs will be carried out over two Sundays starting this weekend on SH2 Hewlett's Flyover from 10.00am to 9.00pm, says the NZ Transport Agency.
The NZ Transport Agency is extending the opening hours through the Haast Pass from tomorrow (Thursday 21 November). State Highway 6, from Haast to Makarora, will be open from 8am to 7pm.