Drivers are advised that State Highway 1 through the Brynderwyn Hills is closed as heavy rain has caused some slips onto the road. The road is fully closed, and we don’t yet have a time frame for reopening the road.
Overnight traffic management will be in place on State Highway 1 at Manakau and Ohau next week as the safety improvements project enters the final phase.
State Highway 51’s safety improvement programme is almost complete –incorporating 23,000 tonnes of aggregate, 2,500 tonne of asphalt, 4.8 kilometres of flexible median barrier and 2.4km of road and centreline widening.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is urging people to drive with extra caution tonight due to a Heavy Rain Watch in place for Northland and North Auckland from 8pm Friday 19 July until 8am Saturday 20 July.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is urging people to drive with extra caution tonight due to a Heavy Rain Watch in place for Northland and North Auckland from 8pm Friday 19 July until 8am Saturday 20 July.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 26 July 2024.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is urging people driving on South Island highways to slow down and take extra care with fog, ice and snow continuing to affect roads as winter conditions bite.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising that SH8 has re-opened from Lake Tekapo to the intersection of SH80 at Lake Pukaki. The road had been closed following a serious crash before 9am today.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising road users to expect delays with the closure of SH8 from Lake Tekapo to the intersection of SH80 at Lake Pukaki following a serious crash before 9am today.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising road users to plan ahead and expect delays overnight on Tuesday 23 July, as planned repairs are undertaken on a bridge pile at the northern end of the Rangitata River Bridge, SH1.
A former vehicle inspector has been sentenced to six months’ community detention and 40 hours community work for dishonestly accessing the Motor Vehicle Register (MVR) and issuing fraudulent warrants of fitness (WoFs), following an investigation and prosecution by the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) Safer Vehicles team.
As part of the State Highway 29 Tauriko Enabling Works, works are underway to underground power lines in and around the SH29 and Redwood Lane area to allow for construction of the new roundabout, which will make this stretch of road more resilient and safer.