New Zealand Transport Agency - Latest News [Page 97]
NZTA encourages kids to get creative about safety
Friday, 8 October 2010, 5:09 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
It's time for school children to get creative about safe school travel as three unique competitions draw to a close this term. More >>
Work starts on another Tauranga Eastern Link
Monday, 4 October 2010, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) recently awarded a $1.75 million contract to expand a stormwater pumping station to HEB Construction Limited. More >>
Travel advice – changes on new Manukau motorway
Monday, 27 September 2010, 10:52 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency advises that the westbound lanes of the new SH20-1 Manukau Extension motorway are now open. More >>
Plan ahead for changes on new Manukau motorway
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 10:49 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency is asking motorists to prepare for big changes in Manukau when the westbound lanes of the new SH20-1 Manukau Extension motorway open on Sunday 26 September. More >>
Northern Gateway Toll Road 12-monthly report
Friday, 17 September 2010, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Detailed information on the operations of the Northern Gateway Toll Road for the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 is now available in a report published today by the NZ Transport Agency. More >>
Traffic flowing again on State Highway 1
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 5:36 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says traffic is flowing once again on State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura after the highway was closed for nearly a week ago by a massive land slip last Friday night. More >>
Major roading boost for Kerikeri
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Northland road users will enjoy safer, straighter and easier journeys on SH10 at Bulls Gorge, Kerikeri, with the NZTA set to begin construction on a major upgrade to the highway tomorrow. The $7.5m realignment north of Puketona Road (SH11) and ... More >>
State Highway 1 near Kaikoura to reopen soon
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:20 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has confirmed that State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura will reopen at 4pm this afternoon (Thursday 16 September). The road was closed nearly a week ago by a massive land slip NZTA Canterbury State Highways Operations Manager ... More >>
Consultation begins on draft taxi safety rule
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 10:21 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has released a draft Land Transport Rule for public comment which outlines proposed new requirements to improve the safety of taxi drivers and their passengers. More >>
SH1 near Kaikoura to open tomorrow afternoon
Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) expects to re-open State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura by tomorrow afternoon (Thursday 16 September). The road was closed by a massive land slip last Friday night. More >>
NZTA still targeting Thursday opening for State Hi
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 3:27 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says it is still on track to re-open at least one lane of State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura to traffic on Thursday, after the highway was closed by a huge land slip last Friday night. More >>
Public opinion sought on cross-city access route
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
A public open day to gain feedback on options identified by the NZ Transport Agency's (NZTA) investigation into the long-term solution for the Hairini Link corridor will be held on Wednesday, September 22 at Tauranga Boys’ College Gym 2, between 4pm ... More >>
More progress on quake damaged Highway
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 9:25 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says the State Highway 1- Chaney’s on-ramp has just reopened following the completion of repairs to the road surface cause by the earthquake that struck the region 10 days ago. More >>
More Quake Damaged Highway Infrastructure Repaired
Sunday, 12 September 2010, 10:12 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The State Highway 1- Chaney’s on-ramp just north of Christchurch will re-open early next week after being damaged in last Saturdays big earthquake. The NZTA says repairs to the on-ramp have gone well and it should be ready to use by Monday. More >>
Slip Near Kaikoura Closes SH1 Until Next Week
Sunday, 12 September 2010, 10:09 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says it will be Monday morning before it is in position to say when State Highway 1about 15km south of Kaikoura will re-open, following a major slip Friday night. More >>
Highway 74 Partially Open
Saturday, 11 September 2010, 10:27 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
State Highway 74, a key route into the Port of Lyttelton, has been closed for six days while road foundations damaged by the quake have been repaired. NZTA Canterbury State Highways Operations Manager Peter Connors says SH74 in Christchurch city is ... More >>
Temporary closures of Lyttelton Tunnel for fuel
Friday, 10 September 2010, 12:06 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that the Lyttelton Tunnel will be periodically closed to traffic in the days ahead in order to allow for the safe passage of fuel and gas trucks through the tunnel. Delays of up to ten minutes can be expected during ... More >>
Contract out to tender for next Tauranga Link
Friday, 10 September 2010, 10:03 am | New Zealand Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) this week released the tender to extend Kaituna Road – one of the support projects preceding the main construction of the Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL). More >>
SH35 Maraenui Hill diversion update
Thursday, 9 September 2010, 4:51 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
Work to upgrade the detour around the Maraenui Bluff slip on State Highway 35, 30 kilometres east of Opotiki is progressing well despite continuing rain, reports the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). More >>
Victoria Park Tunnel excavation underway this week
Thursday, 9 September 2010, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency
The massive task of removing 160,000 cubic metres of rock and earth to form the trench for the Victoria Park Tunnel is underway – enough to fill a hole eight stories deep and as large as a rugby field. More >>
