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Auckland Overnight Motorway Closures: 18 – 24 August 2013
Friday, 16 August 2013, 2:13 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Closures start at 9pm and finish at 5am, unless otherwise stated. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 23 August. More >>
SH29 near Maungatapu Bridge open with reduced speed limit
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
State Highway 29 near the Maungatapu Bridge is now fully open with a temporary reduced speed limit of 50 km/h, advises the NZ Transport Agency. “All lanes are now open, the speed limit has been reduced as we still need to permanently secure the bridge ... More >>
McLeans Island Road to re-open to left-turning traffic only
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
McLeans Island Road will tomorrow night be re-opened at the intersection with Johns Road (State Highway 1). Work at the intersection began five months ago as part of upgrading State Highway 1, from Hornby through to Belfast, into a four-lane highway, ... More >>
Community consulted to improve Curletts Road congestion
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency is investigating options to improve traffic congestion along Curletts Road, between Blenheim Road and Main South Road. Curletts Road is a state highway and an important link both for commuters and freight, says the Transport ... More >>
Closure for Waterview Connection’s big move rescheduled
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 2:50 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency says the planned closure of a section of one of Auckland’s key arterial roads to move a heavy segment of the Waterview Connection’s giant tunnel boring machine has been postponed 24 hours. More >>
Alice Starts Next Leg of her Waterview Journey
Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The massive task of shifting the world’s10th largest tunnel boring machine from an Auckland wharf to the site of the Waterview Connection project is underway. More >>
Crashes disrupt traffic on two Auckland motorway links
Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency says two crashes are disrupting mid-afternoon traffic on the Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) at Parnell and on the Southern Motorway (SH1) between Gillies Avenue and Khyber Pass. More >>
Operation Snowflake praises vehicle safety
Thursday, 18 July 2013, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Passenger transport vehicle operators whose vehicles and drivers were checked as part of Operation Snowflake at the Mount Hutt Ski Area today have been praised by the NZ Transport Agency for their commitment to vehicle safety. More >>
Annual road maintenance programme done and dusted in the Bay
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Great Bay weather helped to make this year’s annual highway maintenance programme a success, says the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). The NZTA who is responsible for maintaining and building our highway roads undertake a programme of repairs each year to ensure ... More >>
Meet Alice, Auckland’s own giant tunnelling machine
Friday, 12 July 2013, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
What have Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand suffragette Kate Sheppard, the late Maori queen, Greek goddesses and Tinkerbell from Peter Pan got in common? The answer is that they are all among the names suggested by Auckland children in the naming competition ... More >>
Auckland Overnight Motorway Closures 14 July – 20 July 2013
Friday, 12 July 2013, 1:34 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Closures start at 9pm and finish at 5am, unless otherwise stated. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 19 July. More >>
Desert Road Expected to reopen midday
Friday, 12 July 2013, 10:13 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency says the workers are progressing well with clearing snow from the road on State Highway 1 (the Desert Road) between Rangipo and Waiouru which was closed on Wednesday night and is expected to reopen midday today. More >>
State Highway 1 – the Desert Road – unlikely to reopen today
Thursday, 11 July 2013, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that heavy snowfalls on State Highway 1 (the Desert Road) between Rangipo and Waiouru have closed the road and it is unlikely that the road will be re-opened today. More >>
Auckland CBD boost for city's cyclists
Thursday, 11 July 2013, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Cyclists are being encouraged by the NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Transport (AT) to make use of the latest addition to the city’s cycling/walking network in Grafton Gully alongside the CBD. More >>
Commuters face slow trip home on Auckland’s North Shore
Monday, 8 July 2013, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Transport say congestion will be extremely heavy around the Constellation Drive interchange on Auckland’s Northern Motorway (State Highway 1) during this afternoon’s peak. More >>
Road repairs along State Highway 2 over Chapel St Viaduct
Friday, 5 July 2013, 2:38 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Drivers using State Highway 2 over the Chapel Street Viaduct in Tauranga are advised to expect delays as road repairs will be undertaken either this Saturday or Sunday afternoon, says the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). More >>
Tauranga Eastern Link temporary road closures/layout changes
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 2:00 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Motorists are advised that temporary road closures and road layout changes will take place this weekend at the State Highway 2 (SH2) Domain Road intersection near Papamoa, this will allow construction of the Domain Road interchange (part of the NZ Transport ... More >>
NZTA ready for challenge to fast track key Auckland projects
Friday, 28 June 2013, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency says necessary preliminary work is underway to respond to the Government’s transport package for Auckland. The Prime Minister today announced that the programme of further transport investment includes: Accelerating critical ... More >>
Emergency closure of SEART southbound link to Onehunga
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency advises drivers that the SEART (Southeastern Highway) southbound link to Onehunga in Auckland will be closed tonight for emergency works to clean up after a spill earlier today. More >>
Bay of Plenty Highways- Expect Minor Delays
Friday, 21 June 2013, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is advising drivers to allow extra time for their journeys as annual bridge inspections are being carried out across the Bay of Plenty next week, which will cause minor delays. More >>
