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Dome Valley Safety Work Shifts To Day Time Under Alert Level 3
Friday, 21 August 2020, 5:34 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises there will be day time road works under stop/go traffic management on State Highway 1 in the Dome Valley, starting Monday, 24 August. The work would usually be done at night but has been rescheduled to the ... More >>
Waka Kotahi Adjusts To COVID-19 Alert Levels
Wednesday, 12 August 2020, 5:29 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency confirms that its construction projects in the Auckland region are operating under COVID-19 Alert Level 3 protocols from Midday Wednesday. The sites are working under the same strict health and safety protocols that applied ... More >>
Update On Culvert Collapse SH88, Port Chalmers Highway Dunedin – Several Weeks Work Ahead
Wednesday, 12 August 2020, 4:36 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Good progress has been made in recent days on the culvert collapse on a key highway connecting Dunedin with Port Chalmers which occurred at the end of last week, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. However Waka Kotahi Senior Network Manager Chris More >>
Northland Motorists Asked To Take Care Ahead Of Heavy Rain, Strong Winds
Monday, 10 August 2020, 4:44 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is urging motorists to take care ahead of heavy rain and strong winds forecast for Northland from tonight. A deep low to the west of Northland has seen Metservice issue a Heavy Rain warning from 11pm tonight to ... More >>
Old Slip Adds Complexity To Mangamuka Gorge Road Repair
Friday, 31 July 2020, 5:22 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says it’s still too early to say when SH1 through the Mangamuka Gorge can be opened to traffic. Most of the road has been cleared to at least one lane, but there’s still no way past the biggest slip on the northern ... More >>
SH14 Reduced To One Lane At Tangiteroria
Friday, 24 July 2020, 6:15 am | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises that State Highway 14 has been reduced to one lane at Tangiteroria because of a slip. There was a minor slip by the side of the road after the weekend’s heavy rain in Northland, but a crack has since been ... More >>
Most Northland Roads Are Open But Mangamuka Gorge Stays Closed
Sunday, 19 July 2020, 4:47 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Northland’s state highway network, with the exception of SH1 through the Mangamuka Gorge, is open with roads expected to be busy on the last day of school holidays. Metservice says the worst of the wet weather has passed though there could still ... More >>
Most Northland Roads Are Open. Motorists Urged To Drive With Care
Sunday, 19 July 2020, 4:26 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Northland’s state highway network, with the exception of SH1 through the Mangamuka Gorge, is open this morning but motorists are advised to take care and drive to the conditions which could change quickly. The network is expected to be busy on the ... More >>
Weather Improves As Far North Highways Closed By Slips And Flooding
Saturday, 18 July 2020, 4:30 pm | NZ Transport Agency
The Far North is effectively cut off by state highway closures from slips and flooding after recent heavy rain, but the weather is starting to improve. Metservice says localised downpours and thunderstorms are still possible in Northland during today ... More >>
Slips And Flooding Close Roads Across Rain-Soaked Northland
Saturday, 18 July 2020, 4:10 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Severe flooding is affecting the state highway network in Northland, with SH1 south of Whangarei down to one lane after a washout near Loop Road and SH1 through the Mangamuka Gorge to Kaitaia closed by slips. Other roads across the network are affected ... More >>
Heavy Rain Causes Flooding And Road Closures In Northland
Friday, 17 July 2020, 4:23 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Motorists are advised to take care in the rain on Northland roads over the last weekend of school holidays. A section of State Highway 1 at the Otiria Stream bridge in Moerewa is closed this afternoon due to flooding. SH11 via Paihia may be used ... More >>
Two-lane Traffic Re-established At SH8 Slip Site
Friday, 17 July 2020, 4:09 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has completed the installation of additional safety barriers at the site of the SH8 Deadmans Point slip, allowing the road to re-open to two lanes while work continues to stabilise the hillside above the highway. Waka ... More >>
Waka Kotahi Aims To Re-Open SH8 To Two Lanes By Weekend | Work Continues To Stabilise Cromwell Slip
Thursday, 16 July 2020, 4:59 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will install additional safety barriers at the site of the SH8 Deadmans Point slip, allowing the road to re-open to two lanes while work continues to stabilise the hillside above the highway. Waka Kotahi Maintenance Contract ... More >>
Night Work Improves Safety And Efficiency On SH20B Project
Wednesday, 15 July 2020, 4:33 pm | NZ Transport Agency
The State Highway 20B improvements project in Auckland is working both day and night shifts to help make up for COVID-19 delays and achieve its original completion date ahead of major planned events in the city in early 2021. SH20B is a busy arterial ... More >>
SH10 Reopens In Both Directions After Tomo Repair
Friday, 10 July 2020, 5:39 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises that SH10 north of Kaeo will be open to traffic this weekend after temporary repairs to a large hole found under the road surface last week. The hole in the southbound lane just over a kilometre south of ... More >>
Road Safety Improvement Work On SH22
Thursday, 9 July 2020, 6:21 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises motorists of safety improvements work about to start on State Highway 22 at the Great South Road intersection. Work will start on Thursday night, 9 July to install temporary roadside safety barriers at the intersection ... More >>
Port Chalmers Highway Short Delays From Next Week As Shared Path Retaining Wall Construction Begins
Wednesday, 8 July 2020, 5:59 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Dunedin to Port Chalmers – build in extra time from next week as shared path project progresses People who use the highway between Dunedin and Port Chalmers, SH88, should plan for short delays – a few minutes extra to the overall journey – from this ... More >>
Change To Alpine Management Arthur's Pass Route, SH73
Friday, 19 June 2020, 4:47 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will be changing its planned management of SH73 this winter in response to concerns raised by residents, businesses and local communities. “We have heard very clearly the concerns of local people and business operators ... More >>
Getting Southland Drivers Winter-ready
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 12:33 pm | NZ Transport Agency
The temperature drop in Southland over the last few weeks is a good reminder to get winter-ready for driving conditions, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. “This includes ensuring you have chains in your car if heading into alpine areas, your ... More >>
West Coast-Canterbury Highway, Delays Thursday & Friday Mornings For Chopper Lifts
Tuesday, 26 May 2020, 4:50 pm | NZ Transport Agency
Waimakariri Bluffs, SH73, morning delays Thursday and Friday as safety project enters last phase Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises all people who travel between the West Coast and Canterbury via SH73, Arthur’s Pass route, to be ready for delays ... More >>
