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Highway improvements from Melling to Haywards
Friday, 27 November 2009, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
NZTA has started investigating potential improvements to State Highway 2 through the Hutt Valley from Melling interchange to just south of the Haywards intersection. The Melling to Haywards Upgrade Project investigation will identify and develop a ... More >>
Trig Road Bridge opens
Monday, 23 November 2009, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency has opened Trig Road Bridge - the first of seven bridges to be completed on the SH18 Hobsonville Deviation and SH16 Brigham Creek Extension project, as part of the Western Ring Route. More >>
NZ Transport Agency: Early Project Completion
Friday, 20 November 2009, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) officially celebrated the early completion of the SH2 Dowse to Petone Upgrade Project today. NZTA Wellington Regional Director Deborah Hume says a plaque unveiling event was held this morning at the same site where the ... More >>
Save fuel and save lives
Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 12:30 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The latest crash test results from the Australasian New Car Assessment Programme (ANCAP) show that cars can be designed to save fuel and save lives. More >>
Victoria Park Tunnel project underway
Monday, 9 November 2009, 11:23 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
Construction on the Victoria Park Tunnel project is now underway, with Transport Minister Steven Joyce shifting the first soil at a ceremony this morning. The 2.4km-long project will make road travel in Auckland faster, easier and less expensive by eliminating ... More >>
NZTA closing the gap
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency has started work on completing the missing section of cycleway alongside the SH16 Northwestern Motorway between Bond and Myrtle Streets Kingsland. More >>
National ticketing programme for public transport
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10:30 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency Board has agreed to establish a national ticketing programme for public transport in New Zealand, and has approved funding for the development of the Auckland Regional Transport Authority’s integrated ticketing and fares systems ... More >>
Slow down over Newmarket Viaduct
Friday, 23 October 2009, 4:12 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Significant reductions in the speed limit are now in place on both the south and northbound lanes of the Newmarket Viaduct on the Southern Motorway [SH1], as part of the Newmarket Connection: Viaduct Replacement Project. The NZ Transport Agency ... More >>
More road rule changes from 1 November
Friday, 23 October 2009, 11:13 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency is reminding people that several changes to New Zealand’s road rules will take effect from 1 November, in addition to the ban on using hand-held mobile phones when driving. More >>
SH1 to manage return traffic through Otaki
Thursday, 22 October 2009, 4:11 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) will be trialling initiatives to manage returning traffic through Otaki this Labour weekend in order to ease congestion that regularly builds on State Highway 1 at holiday periods. On Monday (26 October) NZTA plans to ... More >>
Plan ahead for travel this Labour Weekend
Thursday, 22 October 2009, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency reminds drivers to give themselves extra time to reach their destination and to drive with patience if heading north from Auckland this Labour Weekend. More >>
Passing lane closures again this Labour weekend
Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 4:05 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
NZTA will be closing its SH1 passing lanes along SH1 again this Labour Weekend. With traffic expected to be heavy on this long weekend, NZTA will be closing the northbound passing lanes at Waikanae and Te Horo from midday Friday, 23 October, closing the ... More >>
Changes to road rules coming soon
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is reminding drivers that changes to New Zealand’s road rules - including a ban on the use of hand-held mobile phones while driving - come into force in less than three weeks’ time. More >>
NZTA advises motorists to prepare for more snow
Friday, 9 October 2009, 3:18 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists travelling in the central North Island to be prepared for the likelihood of more snow this weekend. SH5 and the Desert Road were closed earlier this week due to a freak snowstorm, and more snow has been forecast ... More >>
Northern Gateway Toll Road Operating Report
Tuesday, 6 October 2009, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Detailed information on the first half year of operations of the Northern Gateway Toll Road is now available in a report published earlier today on the NZ Transport Agency website. The report provides performance results for the toll road through ... More >>
First section of Papanui Road bus lanes to open
Monday, 5 October 2009, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Improving bus reliability will come a step closer tomorrow when the first section of bus lanes along Papanui Road between Bealey Ave and Innes Road begin operating. Drivers will now not be able to drive or park in the green painted bus lanes when ... More >>
SH16 Motorway improvements, community info day
Monday, 5 October 2009, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Over 180 members of the public have attended recent information days held by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) regarding planned improvements to Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16). The final information day will be held this Saturday ... More >>
Napier-Taupo road closed due to snow
Monday, 5 October 2009, 11:32 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists that State Highway 5 between Napier and Taupo is closed due to heavy snow. Contractors are working to clear the road but the highway will remain closed overnight. The NZTA hopes to reopen the road by tomorrow ... More >>
Next set of ramp signals go live - Auckland
Thursday, 1 October 2009, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The next set of ramp signals on the Northern Motorway are now live, as part of the ongoing delivery of the NZ Transport Agency’s comprehensive traffic management system for Auckland. The ramp signals have started operating on the Northcote Road ... More >>
Latest crash test results disappointing
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The Automobile Association and the NZ Transport Agency say they are disappointed with the poor results for three new utility vehicles in the latest round of crash testing by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP). More >>
