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A cold snap moving up the South Island today and tomorrow has prompted a warning to motorists to plan ahead and prepare for disruption on inland state highways and at alpine passes.
A new way of managing road maintenance is about to be trialled on one of Wellington’s key state highways – State Highway 58, between Hutt Valley and Transmission Gully.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is endorsing a coroner’s message about the critical difference that wearing seatbelts can make, following findings on a crash that claimed the lives of four young South Korean skiers in South Canterbury last year.
Proposed tolling for Canterbury’s new Belfast to Pegasus Motorway and Woodend Bypass (B2P) strikes a balance between helping pay for much-needed infrastructure and minimising impacts on local communities, says New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
Drivers of the scenic Thames Coast highway are all too familiar with stop/go interruptions due to damage to State Highway 25 (SH25) in recent years, but one disruption will soon become a distant memory with the replacement of the Boundary Creek Bridge deck.
Motorists are being reminded that winter isn’t over yet and an expected cold blast in the central South Island over the next few days could make for challenging driving conditions.
New Zealand’s most ambitious road maintenance project to rebuild the worst parts of State Highway 1 (SH1) between Tīrau and Waiouru will begin its second construction season on 1 September 2025.
What do you think of the proposal to add a second toll point on the State Highway 2 (SH2) Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road? NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) wants you to have your say.
Glass, spare tyres, metal sheets and poles, building materials, furniture, hay bales – these are just some of the objects causing obstruction on South Island state highways and needing to be cleared daily by contractors.
