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The NZ Transport Agency is advising the Pahiatua Track between State Highway 57 Aokautere and State Highway 2 Pahiatua will be closed on Tuesday 24 September through to Thursday 26 September, from 8.30am to 2.30pm each day.
It may still feel like winter, a very mild one so far, but Aspiring Highways on behalf of the NZ Transport Agency has planning well underway for the spring and summer roadworks season.
People travelling between Picton and Christchurch via SH1 will strike more traffic from Wednesday through this weekend as people travel to Kaikōura for the annual Hop car enthusiasts’ event.
Fleetwood Mac fans may be going their own way but all will be keen to have a trouble-free journey to Dunedin and home again. Fleetwood Mac’s South Island concert is on Saturday night, 21 September at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium.
People who use the road between Cromwell and Queenstown, State Highway 6, will see abseilers and drilling activities at the Nevis Bluff from Monday, 23 September.
Work is getting underway next week to complete installation of rumble strips on three sections of Gisborne state highway – part of the NZ Transport Agency’s Safety Boost Programme for making rural state highways safer.
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 20th September 2019. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that the westbound lane of Saddle Road between State Highway 3 Ashhurst and State Highway 3 Woodville will be closed on Tuesday 17 September and Wednesday 18 September, from 8.30am to 2.30pm both days.
Work is well underway to improve safety on State Highway 2 between Pakipaki and Waipukurau, which will help prevent deaths and serious injuries on the road.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that State Highway 35 between Makorori Headland and the Makorori surfer’s carpark will be down to one lane on Saturday 14 September, Sunday 15 September and Wednesday 18 September.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising road users on State Highway 73, between the West Coast and Canterbury, to anticipate short delays from next week as a second part of the highway goes down to one lane for safety work.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that emergency works will begin tomorrow, Thursday 12 September, to repair a dropout at Turihaua on State Highway 35.