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Otago And Southland Highways Work Resumes After Anzac Weekend
Saturday, 25 April 2020, 11:35 am | NZTA
Otago and Southland road users will see a lot more activity on their highways after Anzac weekend with the lifting of the Covid-19 Level 4 Lockdown and the start of Level 3* safety protocols. Otago projects that may cause road users’ delays Nevis ... More >>
Southern Motorway Overnight Closure For Essential Maintenance
Friday, 17 April 2020, 11:54 am | NZTA
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises the southbound lanes of the Southern Motorway (SH1) between Papakura and Drury will be closed on Monday, 20 April, from 10pm until 5am for essential maintenance. The BP Service Station Papakura will also be closed. ... More >>
Waka Kotahi Helping Drivers Navigate Through Lockdown Period
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 2:20 pm | NZTA
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says legislative changes to driver licensing and vehicle certification requirements coming into effect tomorrow (10 April) will help drivers and vehicle owners safely navigate through the COVID-19 lockdown period and ... More >>
Gearing Up For Safety Improvements To Start On SH16 Huapai To Waimauku
Monday, 6 April 2020, 3:14 pm | NZTA
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is preparing to start safety improvements work on SH16 Huapai to Waimauku when the COVID-19 lockdown ends. This is the first stage of planned safety improvements on SH16 between Brigham Creek and Waimauku and includes ... More >>
Public feedback open as Northern Pathway plans progress
Monday, 30 March 2020, 10:18 am | NZTA
Design work on the Northern Pathway has reached an exciting new stage, with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency calling for feedback on the plans for the path which will connect people by foot and on bikes between Westhaven and the North Shore. More >>
Marlborough Night Closures, SH63 And SH1 From This Weekend
Friday, 20 March 2020, 12:46 pm | NZTA
Night closures on two state highways through Marlborough are coming up this weekend, to allow for repairs and maintenance. If it is wet, they will go to a future date. Wairau Valley – bridge maintenance SH63, through St Arnaud and Wairau Valley, will ... More >>
Christchurch Northern Corridor Opening Planned For December 2020
Thursday, 19 March 2020, 9:55 am | NZTA
The Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) $290 million motorway project between Cranford St and Waimakariri District has moved its opening date from mid this year to the end of 2020. “A number of additions to this project as well as a re-evaluation ... More >>
Woodend School, North Canterbury, To Get Safer, Signalised Pedestrian Crossing
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 3:48 pm | NZTA
Traffic signals will be installed outside Woodend School later this year, to increase safety for school children crossing SH1 on the pedestrian crossing at peak hours. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Director Regional Relationships Jim Harland say ... More >>
Milford Sound Piopiotahi, SH94, Wider Access Plan For Next Week Confirmed
Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 12:28 pm | NZTA
Changes to increase access into and out of Milford Sound Piopiotahi, starting on Monday 16 March, have been confirmed by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. State Highway 94 east of the Homer Tunnel in particular, was badly damaged in extremely heavy rain ... More >>
Hanmer Springs Highway, Waiau Ferry Bridge: Overnight Delays From Sunday 8 March
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 11:04 am | NZTA
Hanmer Springs highway, Waiau Ferry Bridge: Overnight delays from Sunday 8 March, daytime delays also mid March People who drive to and from Hanmer Springs late at night and before 6 am will need to build in extra time from this Sunday night, 8 ... More >>
Eastern Suburbs Walking And Cycling Route On Track For Completion
Thursday, 27 February 2020, 2:48 pm | NZTA
A walking and cycling path that connects Auckland’s eastern suburbs to the city centre is a significant step closer, with funding now approved to complete the Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive Shared Path. The shared path is being delivered by Waka Kotahi ... More >>
Makarora River Bridge, Haast Highway - Full Night Closures Sunday, 1 March To Friday, 6 March
Wednesday, 26 February 2020, 4:06 pm | NZTA
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Aspiring Highways team is now almost three weeks into the strengthening and maintenance programme on the Makarora River Bridge, SH6. This work runs through to the end of April. Makarora River Bridge is a single lane ... More >>
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 >>
