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NZTA advises drivers to avoid Newmarket viaduct after crash
Friday, 24 May 2013, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency says a truck and trailer has rolled on the Newmarket Viaduct on Auckland’s Southern Motorway (State Highway 1). The NZTA says the crash is causing congestion in both directions and it advises drivers heading both south and north ... More >>
PM celebrates start of Auckland’s big causeway upgrade
Friday, 24 May 2013, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The Prime Minister, John Key, today turned the first spade of soil marking the official start of work on the NZ Transport Agency’s $220m upgrade of the Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) causeway in west Auckland. More >>
NZ Transport Agency – Auckland Motorways
Friday, 24 May 2013, 2:35 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, 31 May. More >>
Ground investigations at the Maunganui-Girven and SH29/SH2
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 5:22 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) will undertake geotechnical ground investigations next Monday as part of the Maunganui-Girven Road and Te Maunga SH29/SH2 intersections improvement project. More >>
Work to begin on Lineside Road interchange improvements
Monday, 20 May 2013, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Work will get underway within the next few weeks building new on-and-off ramps for the Northern Motorway at the Lineside Road (State Highway 71)/Smith Street interchange, near Kaiapoi. More >>
Temporary Closure of Papakura off-ramp Over Queens Birthday
Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:14 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The closure will be in place from 10pm Friday, 31 May until 5am Tuesday, 4 June. This will allow the team to complete final and necessary work and switch traffic onto the newly completed overbridge at Beach Road. More >>
Fast transport facts for your town - new NZTA resource
Friday, 17 May 2013, 4:47 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency has added a new set of easy-to-use transport statistics to the NZTA website, providing one-page snapshots of current data on crashes and casualties, registered vehicles, road lengths and vehicle kilometres travelled for all 67 New ... More >>
Lyttelton Tunnel to celebrate 50th anniversary
Friday, 17 May 2013, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Planning is underway to celebrate next year’s 50th anniversary of the opening of the Christchurch-Lyttelton Road Tunnel. Opened on 27 February 1964, more than 110 years after it was first mooted, the tunnel was hailed by the community as the new ... More >>
Design unveiled for new Lyttelton Tunnel Control Building
Friday, 17 May 2013, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The design for the new Lyttelton Tunnel Control Building has today (17 May) been unveiled. Designed by Wellington-based architects Architecture Lab, which has experience in designing similar facilities, the 310sqm building has strong horizontal forms ... More >>
New Christchurch Southern Motorway improves travel times
Friday, 17 May 2013, 2:56 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Motorists travelling the new Christchurch Southern Motorway Stage 1 are saving up to nine minutes in travel time in each direction – for a total time saving of up to 18 minutes a day. More >>
Auckland’s HOP card extension good news for NZ says NZTA
Friday, 17 May 2013, 12:01 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency says the rollout of new electronic ticket readers on Auckland buses will also be good news for people using public transport well beyond the boundaries of New Zealand’s largest city. More >>
Fast Transport Facts For Your Regions - New NZTA Resource
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:58 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency has added a new set of easy-to-use transport statistics to the NZTA website, providing one-page snapshots of current data on crashes and casualties, registered vehicles, road lengths and vehicle kilometres travelled for all 67 New ... More >>
NZTA awards Hairini Link Maungatapu underpass design project
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 10:44 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) today announced the contract to design the Hairini Link Maungatapu underpass has been successfully awarded to Beca. NZTA’s Bay of Plenty state highways manager, Brett Gliddon says Beca’s team will develop the ... More >>
TEL Kaituna River bridge moves closer to completion
Monday, 13 May 2013, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Work on the longest bridge on the Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL) project – the Bay of Plenty’s own Road of National Significance - is almost complete, says the NZ Transport Agency’s (NZTA). More >>
NZ Transport Agency – Traffic Bulletin
Friday, 10 May 2013, 12:11 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, 17 May. More >>
Safety Improvement Work Starts Sunday On Sh29 At Tauriko
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Work to improve the safety of SH29 at Tauriko will start Sunday (12 May 2013) evening on SH29 at Tauriko, says the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). More >>
Taxi Operators Are Improving On Compliance and Safety
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 9:21 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says an April series of compliance and safety checks on taxis operating in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions shows that the overall standard of cabs in the regions is rising but there is still room for improvement. More >>
Emergency Closures SH16 westbound Te Atatu to Lincoln Rd
Monday, 6 May 2013, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency advises drivers that the westbound lanes between Te Atatu Road and Lincoln Road, Auckland, will be closed each night from tonight (6 May) to Thursday 9 May, inclusive, for emergency works associated with the Lincoln Road interchange ... More >>
Safety work from Waihi Road to Bethlehem to start next week
Monday, 6 May 2013, 3:24 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
A known crash blackspot is set to become safer for road users, with the NZ Transport Agency beginning work to improve road safety along State Highway 2 from Waihi Road to Bethlehem. More >>
SH16 causeway widening begins
Friday, 3 May 2013, 1:28 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Work will begin next week to upgrade the causeway on Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) as part of the Western Ring Route road of national significance. More >>
