Land Transport Rule Dangerous Goods Amendment 2016
Submissions for this consultation is now closed. OverviewThis overview accompanies, and sets in context, the public consultation (yellow) draft of Land Transport Rule: Dangerous Goods Amendment 2016...
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Submissions for this consultation is now closed. Summary of proposed Rule and regulation changesThe Government supports the need for increased penalties for drivers or operators who transport...
View ArticleBecome a child restraint technician
Child restraint technicians play a very important role in keeping children safe on our roads. For this reason, the child restraint training programme has been linked to a competence-based system.To...
View ArticleThe Opawa Bridge
State of the Existing bridgeThe Opawa River Bridge was designed in 1912 and opened in 1917. It is located on State Highway 1 between Picton and Blenheim on the northern edge of Blenheim. The bridge is...
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Preferred option
The preferred option is to create a new two-lane bridge to the west of the existing bridge for vehicular traffic with pedestrians and cyclists using the existing bridge.As part of our investigations,...
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What have we done to date?Last year the NZ Transport Agency launched an investigation of the Wairau and Opawa Bridges to improve travel on State Highway 1 north of Blenheim. The investigation of these...
View ArticleSouth of Levin
More investigation required for Otaki to northSouth of Levin transport plansInvestigations are continuing on how the proposal for a new connection between SH1 and SH57 fits with our plans to improve...
View ArticleWork on Tauranga's Chapel Street viaduct to start this weekend
Contractors will now work on the viaduct from Sunday June 26 through to Thursday June 30.The work will be carried out at night between the hours of 7pm and 6am to avoid major delays to traffic.One lane...
View ArticleMore investigation required for Otaki to north of Levin transport plans
“Taking the time to get more information will put us in a stronger position to have robust conversations with local communities and other key stakeholders. While the NZ Transport Agency had initially...
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Safe Roads Alliance
Who we areMade up of the NZ Transport Agency and infrastructure consultancies Beca , Bloxam, Burnett & Olliver (BBO) and Northern Civil Consulting (NCC) , the Alliance will work with...
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Kurow bridge timbers travel north for rebuild of Christchurch bridge
Helmores Lane Bridge, in Little Hagley Park, the city’s only surviving 19th-century timber bridge, will live on well past its 150 years, with the help of timber salvaged from the two Waitaki River...
View ArticleReminder to prevent stock from wandering onto highways – especially in South...
There have been 56 reports of wandering stock – both sheep and cattle - on state highways in South and Mid Canterbury over the past six months – the highest in Canterbury, said Journey Manager Lee...
View ArticleRoad works, State Highway 1, South Canterbury, between Arowhenua and Seadown...
Drivers using State Highway 1 between ArowhenuaThe NZ Transport Agency’s Fulton Hogan team will replace existing running planks with new 50mm planks, fully upgrade steel angle connections and Seadown...
View ArticleBecome a child restraint technician
Child restraint technicians play a very important role in keeping children safe on our roads. For this reason, the child restraint training programme has been linked to a competence-based system.To...
View ArticleWellington’s smart motorway now operational northbound
“While the construction programme for the southbound lane has been delayed due to recent wet weather, the northbound lane is ready and operational,” NZ Transport Agency Wellington highway manager Neil...
View ArticleState Highway 1 traffic at Rangiriri now on new alignment - drive with extra...
SH1 traffic was moved on to the Rangiriri Section of the Waikato Expressway overnight on Monday. One lane in each direction is open under traffic management,Alongside opening the main alignment, the...
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