Roads and rail

State highway projects

Find out about our state highway projects, which are aimed at improving safety, easing congestion and contributing to New Zealand's economic wellbeing.

The Highways Information Portal section is a comprehensive central hub, which accommodates all current standards, guidelines and processes relating to the design, assessment, operation and maintenance of state highways.

Research and data

Find out why our roads are black, why our destination signs are green and white, how we count the traffic on the state highways and more.

Road engineering

Informing the New Zealand road industry of our latest policies and positioning in relation to design and construction best practice.

Management and maintenance

Comprehensive maintenance and management helps ensure the valuable state highway asset delivers the most efficient and effective performance.

Road composition

Find out what our roads are made of, how we maintain them, and some of the high-tech research we put into monitoring the performance of road conditions.

Rail

Detail on New Zealand’s rail licensing system and how to get a licence – as well as important rail safety information for drivers and pedestrians.

Bridges and structures

Crossing spectacular but challenging landscapes, New Zealand's state highway network relies on an extensive network of bridges and structures.

Road Efficiency Group

The Road Efficiency Group's aim is to create and embed a new national funding and activity management structure for roads (the One Network Road Classification); and improve value-for-money, customer focus, consistency, collaboration, and quality in road activity management.

Ramp signals

Ramp signalling is just one initiative the NZ Transport Agency has introduced to help manage the increasing traffic volumes on Auckland's motorway network.

Electric vehicles – special vehicle lanes

Enabling electric vehicles access to special vehicle lanes is one of a number of incentives under the Government’s Electric Vehicle Programme, which is designed to encourage more people to choose an electric vehicle over a conventional diesel or petrol vehicle for their daily transport needs, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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