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Northern Gateway Toll Lifted To Provide Alternative Free Detour On SH1
Monday, 30 January 2023, 6:36 pm | NZ Transport Agency
The toll on the Northern Gateway will be paused from 5pm Monday 30 January until 10pm Sunday 5 February (or until the state of emergency in Auckland is lifted). It will provide motorists who need to travel, a reliable alterative to SH16 which is ... More >>
North Island State Highway Network Update
Sunday, 29 January 2023, 6:58 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency contractors have been working to re-open access across the motu today, although wet weather is set to continue and a number of state highways remain closed. Detour routes are in place for those that need to travel ... More >>
North Island Road Closures: What You Need To Know
Sunday, 29 January 2023, 2:17 pm | NZ Transport Agency
While our crews have been working tirelessly to clear flooding and debris from roads across the motu, a number of slips overnight have forced additional road closures. State Highway closures as of 9am: Northland Region: SH 1 Brynderwyn to Waipu: Despite ... More >>
Progress Clearing State Highway 1 Today – But Additional Closures In Region
Saturday, 28 January 2023, 7:33 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Despite the unprecedented weather, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency contractors have made faster-than-expected progress in clearing significant slips on State Highway 1 (SH1) today. “Our contractors have made significant progress clearing SH1 over ... More >>
Multiple State Highway Closures Due To Extremely Heavy Rainfall
Saturday, 28 January 2023, 2:26 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency contractors are working hard to restore access to state highways affected by the extraordinary weather experienced in the upper North Island in the last 24 hours. “Auckland has received an unprecedented amount of ... More >>
Auckland/Northland/Coromandel State Highways Update
Saturday, 28 January 2023, 11:35 am | NZ Transport Agency
Bad weather continues to affect the status of state highways across the upper North Island. Contractors are working hard to restore access, but a number of key routes remain closed this morning. Because of the extreme and dangerous weather conditions, ... More >>
Flooding And Slips On Auckland And Northland State Highways – Motorists Urged To Avoid Non-essential Travel
Saturday, 28 January 2023, 5:47 am | NZ Transport Agency
Heavy rain is continuing to affect the state highway network in Auckland and Northland and people are advised to take extra care on the roads and avoid travel where possible. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises of the following road closures: SH1 Brynderwyn ... More >>
Omoto, SH7, Highway Closure Pre Waitangi Weekend, Friday, 3 February
Friday, 27 January 2023, 6:00 pm | NZ Transport Agency
People who drive between Greymouth and Stillwater on SH7 will have to take the Taylorville side of the Grey River on Friday, 3 February for four hours. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency crews will close the highway between 10 am and 2 pm (after the school bus ... More >>
Thunderstorms Roll Up Central/eastern South Island Friday Afternoon As Temperatures Hit High 20s
Friday, 6 January 2023, 7:06 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Thunderstorms are moving their way up Te Wai Pounamu/the South Island this afternoon after a day of hot temperatures. All road users and other people in exposed spots are advised to take extra care in these circumstances, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport ... More >>
Upcoming Maintenance Works To SH1 Hillcrest Bridge
Tuesday, 3 January 2023, 7:58 pm | NZ Transport Agency
As part of essential summer maintenance, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will carry out work on the Hillcrest Bridge on State Highway 1 (SH1) Northern Gateway Toll Road over six weeks from Monday 9 January to Thursday 23 February. Lane restrictions will ... More >>
Waka Kotahi Refutes False Claims About Pūhoi To Warkworth Motorway
Saturday, 24 December 2022, 2:29 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is refuting claims that the Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway north of Auckland is ready to open to traffic, and says suggestions that Waka Kotahi is ‘holding up’ the road opening are entirely false. “Waka Kotahi ... More >>
State Highway 6, Nelson To Blenheim, To Reopen Earlier Than Planned
Sunday, 18 December 2022, 8:13 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Hard work by road crews means repairs on State Highway 6 between Hira and the Rai Valley have been completed ahead of schedule. It means the route, which has been closed for emergency repairs for the last seven weeks, will be open to traffic from ... More >>
Dome Valley Works Complete, Waka Kotahi And Fulton Hogan Thank Motorists For Patience
Saturday, 17 December 2022, 1:24 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency would like to thank motorists for their patience and understanding over the past week as work to fix chipseal issues on SH1 in the Dome Valley are now complete. Jacqui Hori-Hoult, Regional Manager Maintenance and ... More >>
Additional Overnight Closures Between Warkworth To Wellsford
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 6:35 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Additional overnight closures through Dome Valley will be required until Friday night to complete necessary asphalt works. There will be a full road closure for the next four nights between 8pm and 5am, Tuesday 13 December to Friday 16 December, ... More >>
Practical Driving Tests Now Available In Kaikohe
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 6:29 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Kaikohe locals are now able to sit their practical driver licence test closer to home and will have one of New Zealand’s first community driver testing officers (CDTO) working in their community. The public are able to book practical tests that ... More >>
SH1 Dome Valley Chip Seal Works Fail To Meet Waka Kotahi Expectations
Sunday, 11 December 2022, 6:45 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says recent chip seal resealing work on State Highway 1, Dome Valley near Frogpool Farm fall short of expectations it has for work on its state highways and will need to be rectified. Regional Manager Tāmaki Makaurau me ... More >>
Breaking Ground On A Ground-breaking Venture
Saturday, 10 December 2022, 5:50 pm | NZ Transport Agency
It wasn’t just spades that were out today as Minister Michael Wood, MP Marja Lubeck, Albany Ward Councillors, Waka Kotahi officials and iwi partners Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngaati Whanaunga and Te Kawerau a Maki turned the first sod (hurihia te whenua) for ... More >>
“Town Of The Future” To Leap State Highway: Next Stage For Rolleston
Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 6:44 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Dubbed the “Town of the Future” 50 years ago by then Prime Minister Norman Kirk, Rolleston, south of Christchurch, is about to take its next big leap into the future. As part of the Government’s NZ Upgrade Programme, around $125 million will be spent ... More >>
Christmas Facelift For Andy Bay Intersection
Monday, 5 December 2022, 6:06 pm | NZ Transport Agency
A key Dunedin intersection is getting a pre-Christmas facelift. The Andersons Bay/SH1 intersection will be excavated and new asphalt laid from this Sunday night (11 December) for four to six nights. “There will be two detour routes in place overnight while ... More >>
Ashburton Intersection Safer Thanks To New Traffic Signals And NZ Upgrade Funding
Friday, 18 November 2022, 7:21 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Ashburton’s new Walnut Ave traffic signals will be switched on tonight (Friday), marking two major milestones – the start of safer journeys through the Mid-Canterbury township and the completion of the ninth project in the Government’s NZ Upgrade ... More >>
