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Milford Sound Piopiotahi Road Update On Convoys, Locations And Times, SH94
Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 11:32 am | NZTA
Convoys of buses for visitors/tourists and essential services vehicles** into and out of Milford Sound Piopiotahi are continuing this week, with a small change in frequency and timing from Thursday. One of the narrowed areas of SH94, the Milford ... More >>
Reconnecting the visitor lifeline to Milford Sound
Friday, 21 February 2020, 5:04 pm | NZTA
The first convoys including visitor buses into Milford Sound Piopiotahi since the torrential rain of just over a fortnight ago have gone smoothly today in misty conditions, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Milford Road Alliance Manager Kevin Thompson. ... More >>
Ex-cyclone Gita Clean-up Works In Kaikōura Wrapping Up
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 2:27 pm | NZTA
Resilience work on Kaikōura’s coastline affected by ex-cyclone Gita is close to wrapping up, two years on from the extreme weather event. On 20 February 2018, ex-cyclone Gita wreaked havoc on the earthquake-affected coast, bringing down 60 ... More >>
Proposal To Improve Road Safety Outside Kaukapakapa School
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 10:35 am | NZTA
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is seeking public input on its formal consultation proposal for a variable speed limit outside Kaukapakapa School on State Highway 16, north of Auckland. Transport Agency Director of Regional Relationships Steve Mutton ... More >>
Wet Weather Forecast For Westland South Of Otira, Convoy Brought Forward
Friday, 14 February 2020, 2:37 pm | NZTA
Milford Road, Fiordland, convoy Saturday 15 February given weather forecast for Sunday; Westland also likely to catch wet weather Highway crews on the South Island’s West Coast and in Fiordland are ready for surface flooding from the early hours of ... More >>
Milford Road, SH94 Update On Access To Milford Sound Piopiotahi
Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 10:25 am | NZTA
12 February 2020 Milford Road, SH94 update on access to Milford Sound Piopiotahi Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency confirms that a four-wheel ... More >>
Busy Months Ahead On Central Otago And Queenstown Lakes Highways – Expect To See Road Works In Many Different Places
Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 3:00 pm | NZTA
Busy months ahead on Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes highways – expect to see road works in many different places A number of maintenance and construction projects are scheduled to get underway on state highways in the Queenstown Lakes and Central ... More >>
Milford Road, SH94, Update On Progress And The Way Ahead
Monday, 10 February 2020, 7:28 pm | NZTA
Good progress building a four-wheel drive, single lane route into Milford Sound Piopiotahi has been made in the past few days of sunshine, says Graeme Hall, System Manager, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. “A huge amount of construction work is ... More >>
Kaikōura workers village to be sold
Monday, 10 February 2020, 2:38 pm | NZTA
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has re-started the sale-by-tender process for the temporary accommodation village used by crew working on the Kaikōura earthquake recovery. Owned by the NZ Transport Agency and KiwiRail Wand used by their delivery ... More >>
Not A Quiet Weekend Or Week Ahead On Southern South Island Roads - Road Users Need To Be Prepared
Sunday, 9 February 2020, 12:54 pm | NZTA
Southland and Otago roads exceptionally busy today/into the week - Field Days, Queen, motorcyclists, flood clean up, roading teams Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says people on Southland and Otago roads and across the South Island need to be ready ... More >>
Focus on highway repairs and damage assessment
Friday, 7 February 2020, 12:23 pm | NZTA
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says its contractors are out in force carrying damage assessments and repairs on state highways in the region following this week’s torrential rain and flooding. More >>
Road layout changes at Portland Road intersection upgrade
Friday, 7 February 2020, 11:29 am | NZTA
Motorists in Northland are advised of changes to the road layout on State Highway 1 at the Portland Road intersection, south of Whangarei. The changes will be made overnight Wednesday, January 12 as the intersection upgrade moves into a new phase. ... More >>
Convoys out of Te Anau from 4 pm today
Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 3:36 pm | NZTA
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has organised convoys of traffic out of Te Anau from the Five Rivers Junction (intersection of state highways 6 and 97) starting at 4 pm this afternoon, through to Frankton near Queenstown, where the highways to the ... More >>
Milford Road, SH94 – extreme rainfall continues
Tuesday, 4 February 2020, 11:35 am | NZTA
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says the Milford Road, SH94, will be closed at least into the weekend and potentially into next week given the damage from torrential rain and ongoing moving slips in the past 48 hours. “Rain has been falling at 40 ... More >>
Thirsty Culvert not thirsty anymore
Monday, 3 February 2020, 11:08 am | NZTA
The highway between Fox Glacier township and Haast in South Westland will reopen at 9.30 am today after rain washed out a culvert at Thirsty Culvert (which runs over Stoney Creek) late yesterday, after 5 pm. More >>
Waiho/Waiau Bridge closures, South Westland
Monday, 3 February 2020, 10:42 am | NZTA
South Westland’s SH6 Waiho/Waiau bailey bridge, is getting new deck planks this month. The bridge was replaced last March, including a temporary driving surface, after a storm washed away most of the old bailey bridge. More >>
Coast to Coast and Buller Marathon to affect traffic
Monday, 3 February 2020, 10:35 am | NZTA
Two sporting events on the West Coast this weekend will cause some traffic delays and require people to plan ahead if they want to avoid delays. More >>
Activities coming for Otago and Southland highways
Friday, 31 January 2020, 12:25 pm | NZTA
31 January 2020 Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Traffic Bulletin: Sir Elton John Concert Dunedin and many more activities coming for Otago and Southland highways Waitangi week More >>
SH2 Ngatea detour in place for holiday weekend
Friday, 24 January 2020, 8:51 am | NZTA
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises State Highway 2 will remain closed at Ngatea through the Auckland Anniversary holiday long weekend. More >>
Construction starts on St Lukes cycleway
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 11:18 pm | NZTA
Construction starts on St Lukes cycleway safety improvements Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is starting work on safety improvements on one of Auckland’s busiest cycleway road crossings this Friday, 24 January. The main safety improvement is the construction ... More >>
