Mark Owen, Regional Manager Lower North Island/Top of the South, says with the school holidays ending this weekend, people can’t expect travel to be simple or easy.
“The fact is some routes have suffered significant damage from flooding, sli… Continue reading
This includes State Highway 6 Rocks Road in Nelson. It will be closed overnight, and a site investigation into debris and rock falls that have caused its closure will be carried out tomorrow morning.
Heavy rain and high winds continue to aff… Continue reading
The work has been happening this week – including rock scaling, removal of vegetation and adjustment of the bunding – at the slip site near Roirdan Creek Bridge. Traffic has been restricted to a single lane during the day and there have been… Continue reading
Efforts to reduce the ongoing rockfall risk have been underway at the Epitaph Rift site, north of Haast and south of Knights Point, since a storm in November last year triggered a slip. The event required an initial highway closure and ongoi… Continue reading
The closures will allow road surface testing to be carried out as part of the Hawke’s Bay Expressway Road of National Significance (RoNS) project.
The expressway, between the Taradale Road and Pākōwhai Road/Links Road roundabouts, will be cl… Continue reading
17 July 2025
Recent bad weather has affected the scheduling of these works.
It means there will a closure of State Highway 2 between Whakatiki Street and Silverstream tonight (Thursday, 17 July) between 9 pm and 4 am.
This is di… Continue reading
Average speed safety cameras are being used by NZTA to reduce serious crashes along high-risk corridors and roads. The technology is internationally proven to be highly effective at reducing deaths and serious injuries on longer sections of … Continue reading
SH2, between Pūtōrino and the northern side of Waikare Gorge, will close for a 24-hour period from 10am Saturday 30 August to 10am Sunday 31 August while the Bailey bridge is removed and the new bridge is lifted into place.
Prior to this clo… Continue reading
After 17 months of construction, the bulk of the work on the SH1/29 roundabout and approach roads in Piarere is complete, meaning it’s now safe for NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) to lift the speed limit to 100km/h.
“Lifti… Continue reading
Sometimes it is wild animals such as deer also creating hazards on the highways, says NZTA maintenance contract manager Justin Reid.
“There have been a number of recent incidents of livestock or other animals loose on Southland highways, and… Continue reading