A $1.1 million dollar project to stabilise rock to improve road user safety at the Nevis Bluff on State Highway 6 about midway between Cromwell and Queenstown gets underway on Monday 11 March 2013.
As traffic on Auckland's motorway network returns to normal, the NZ Transport Agency is grateful for the patience of drivers during yesterday's heavy congestion after a crash closed the critical Newmarket Viaduct link on the Southern Motorway (State Highway 1).
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) say drainage work to reduce the risk of land movement on a section of State highway 1 Pine Hill Road in Dunedin starts this Monday 11 March.
State Highway 60 at Birds Hill to Golden Bay is on track to be restored to two lanes before winter, with the NZ Transport Agency beginning construction next week on the reinstatement of the road after its dramatic collapse in the December 2011 storms.
The first sod was today (7 March) turned in the construction of the two new bridges which will span the Waitaki River on State Highway 82 between Kurow and Hakataramea.
The NZ Transport Agency is keen to hear from anyone who may know about the dumping of over three tonnes of rubbish at a rest area on State Highway 1 near Karapiro this week.
The start of tunnelling on the NZ Transport Agency's (NZTA) landmark Waterview Connection project in Auckland has moved a significant step closer with the NZTA's Well-Connected Alliance formally accepting the huge machine it will use to construct the twin 2.5km-long tunnels.
Construction on the Rangiriri section of the Waikato Expressway was formally marked today, with Hon. Michael Woodhouse, Associate Minister of Transport, turning the first sod on the new alignment.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is today launching a new addition to the media information section of the NZTA website, where the agency will publish its responses to Official Information Act (OIA) requests from media organisations.
The NZ Transport Agency is closing State Highway 1 (Western Hills Drive) to all left and right turning traffic at the intersection of Central Avenue/SH1 in Whangarei from this Friday (March 8) until Monday (11 March) for necessary widening works.
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has welcomed the release of the Board of Inquiry's draft decision to approve the regulatory consents application by the NZTA for the MacKays to Peka Peka section of the Kapiti Expressway.
NZ Transport Agency Board has today welcomed the conclusion of the Wellington City Council assessment into alternative transport improvements for the Basin Reserve.
Road freight owners and operators will get a chance to talk heavy vehicle safety and compliance next Thursday, Friday and Saturday (March 7, 8 and 9) when they visit the NZ Transport Agency's (NZTA) stand at the Transport and Heavy Equipment Expo, Mystery Creek, Hamilton.