The NZ Transport Agency is urging all road users to take extra care and check the latest conditions with severe weather hitting or expected to hit parts of the Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
Waikato Expressway users will have a minor diversion near Gordonton Road at Taupiri for up to three weeks while work is done ahead of the connection to the Huntly section.
The long-term options for improvements to State Highway 1 between Cambridge and Piarere have been narrowed down to five, and the public is being invited to let us know their preferred choice.
People travelling to and from Matamata on State Highway 24 will be detoured from Monday while month-long bridge works are done on the Waiomou Stream bridge.
The community is being invited to have its say and learn more about potential safety improvements on State Highway 33 from Te Ngae, on the outskirts of Rotorua, to Paengaroa.
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.
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.
With two consecutive long weekends approaching, Waikato-Bay of Plenty travellers are being urged to plan their journeys and try to avoid congestion hotspots.
Protecting native wildlife populations – and helping them thrive – is core business for the construction team building part of the new Waikato Expressway east of Hamilton.