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State Highway 25 at the north end of Thames will remain closed for about four weeks while repairs are completed to cover an old pump shaft.
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WELLINGTON — The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) advises that final sealing work will start this week on the SH2 Muldoon's Corner safety improvements on the Rimutaka Hill Road.
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is advising motorists that 10 Mile Bridge on SH6 will be closed from 9am to 11am and from 1pm to 3pm this Wednesday (May 2) to allow for the resurfacing of the bridge deck.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The NZTA says the Manawatu Gorge slip is down to one sixth its original size as crews prepare for the task of assessing the damage of the road and bridges.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The NZ Transport Agency advises drivers that a section of the city-bound lanes on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) will be closed on most nights during the two weeks from next Tuesday, 1 May, for repairs to the Royal Road overbridge.
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THAMES — State Highway 25 at the north end of Thames will remain closed until repairs are completed to cover an old pump shaft that was exposed when the road sank last week.
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AUCKLAND — The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has announced the preferred route to build a new motorway between Puhoi and Warkworth, just north of Auckland.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The NZ Transport Agency says the Royal Road overbridge and a section of the Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) in Auckland have re-opened after the bridge was hit by the boom of a crane being transported on a truck.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The NZ Transport Agency says the Royal Road overbridge and a section of the Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) motorway has been closed after the overbridge was hit by the boom of a crane being transported on a truck.
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With the end of daylight savings and autumn settling in, the NZ Transport Agency and New Zealand Police are reminding cyclists to keep safe by brightening up on the roads.
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DUNEDIN — NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) Principal Asset Manager, Dunedin Roger Bailey says 10 minute traffic delays that started on Tuesday 10 April to enable abseil work and helicopter sluicing to remove loose debris will end today.
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On Sunday 22nd April a crane will be used to lower pre-cast concrete bridge deck units over one of two outlets draining the Otago harbourside lagoons.
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) started work today (Monday 16 April) to improve flood protection for the Waitaki Bridge on State Highway 1 (SH1) near Oamaru.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is welcoming the outcome of Auckland Transport's review of public transport fares for the city, announced earlier today (Monday 16 April).
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is urging drivers to reduce their speed as remedial work gets underway today to improve the design of roundabouts on State Highway 1 (SH1) at Horotiu, north of Hamilton.
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HAMILTON — The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is advising motorists to be aware of a number of road works being carried out during the day on State Highways 1, 39 and 23 from next week (15/16 April 2012).
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A section of State Highway at Otamarakau closed following a crash earlier this morning has now reopened.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — Trucks are once again carting away slip debris round the clock, and NZTA Palmerston North state highways manager David McGonigal says this has led to another week of excellent progress clearing the gorge.
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A section of State Highway 2 east of Ngatea near Hauraki Road closed earlier this morning following a crash is now open.
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A section of State Highway at Otamarakau has been closed following a crash.
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At this stage, a section of State Highway 2 just east of Paeroa closed this morning from 10.00 am is now expected to re open between by 4.00 pm today.
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is advising motorists to allow extra time for their journeys now that crucial roadworks on SH1 at Paekakariki have restarted following the Easter break.
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A section of State Highway 2 just east of Paeroa will be temporarily closed from 10.00 am tomorrow morning (Wednesday, 11 April) to allow contractors to remove a truck which rolled off the road prior to the Easter weekend.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The NZ Transport Agency says following some very productive days of slip-clearing operations, work carting slip material has experienced a minor setback following onsite safety concerns, although the gorge is still marching on towards a mid-year opening.
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GISBORNE — The temporary diversion route will now open 24 hours a day, seven days a week restoring full access through the gorge 4 weeks after a series of large slips closed SH2 near Gisborne, says the NZTA.
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WAIKATO — The new Kopu Bridge is now open but delays are still possible around the Coromandel Peninsula, particularly through Tairua on Coromandel's east coast.
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WELLINGTON — The NZ Transport Agency has largely completed the first stage of pavement renewal and resurfacing on the southbound lane on a section of State Highway 1 near Paekakariki, and work will resume next week after the Easter break.
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is urging Kiwi motorists to stay on top of the new give way rules at intersections, with the agency’s national advertising campaign promoting the rule changes wrapping up earlier this week.
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WELLINGTON — With traffic expected to be heavy over the Easter weekend the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is advising motorists to allow time for potential delays, and to take care in the event of bad weather.
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A helicopter will be used during various stages of further safety work beginning early next week at the Nevis Bluff above State Highway 6, about half way between Cromwell and Queenstown.
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AUCKLAND — The NZ Transport Agency is urging drivers to plan ahead to help minimise the impact of scheduled Easter weekend closures and detours at two of Auckland's busiest motorway interchanges - Gillies Avenue on the Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) and Maioro Street on the Southwestern Motorway (SH20).
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BAY OF PLENTY — The NZ Transport Agency says it will be monitoring the temporary diversion route through the Waioeka Gorge near Gisborne as severe weather is forecasted to hit the Eastern Bay of Plenty early this week.
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WELLINGTON — The NZ Transport Agency is reminding motorists to allow extra time for travel on the Kapiti Coast due to roadworks on State Highway 1 at Paekakariki.
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A day on from its opening the temporary diversion route through the Waioeka Gorge near Gisborne continues to have a steady gradual flow of traffic through the specially created one-lane road.
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The NZ Transport Agency will open its Northern Gateway Toll Road call centre on Good Friday (6 April) and again on Easter Monday (9 April) to provide an extended holiday service for those people wanting to pay tolls by telephone.
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) welcomes this morning’s announcement that that Cabinet has approved a new planning and delivery framework to help improve the effectiveness of bus and ferry services in New Zealand.
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is thanking Kiwi motorists for showing courtesy and patience at intersections during the first two days of our new give way rules.
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is reminding road users that two new give way rules come into force at 5am on Sunday 25 March.
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Bike Wise Month 2012 saw more than 54,000 Kiwis jump on their bikes during February to take part in the 555 events held throughout New Zealand.
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An intensive mass media advertising campaign promoting awareness upcoming changes to two of New Zealand’s give way rules is set to kick off from tomorrow (Thursday March 15).
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The NZ Transport Agency says early results from the new practical driver testing regime should put learner drivers on notice that more practice is needed to pass the new tests.
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is urging young and novice drivers to familiarise themselves with upcoming give way rule changes before sitting their driver licensing tests.
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The NZ Transport Agency is reminding motorists that from Thursday morning at 6.30am, the new clearways on State Highway 1 at Mana Esplanade will be in effect during peak hours.
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has uploaded a range of new resources on the official website for information on upcoming changes to New Zealand's give way rules - www.giveway.govt.nz, including an interactive quiz and a new computer 'drive through' animation illustrating how the two new rules will work.
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The NZ Transport Agency is reminding drivers that tolls on the Northern Gateway Toll Road (NGTR) on State Highway 1 north of Auckland will increase this Thursday, 1 March, for all vehicles using the highway.
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The NZ Transport Agency is reminding young and novice drivers that new practical driving tests coming into force today (27 February) will be much more challenging and harder to pass than current tests.
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AUCKLAND — The NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Transport started construction today on the Westgate pedestrian and cycle bridge over the Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) in west Auckland.
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TARANAKI — The NZ Transport Agency has kicked off a week of resealing in the Taranaki region, and is reminding motorists to exercise great care through roadworks sites and keep their speeds down.
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The NZ Transport Agency is reminding young and novice drivers that new practical driving tests coming into force tomorrow (27 February) will be much more challenging and harder to pass than current tests.
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Despite a week of challenging weather conditions at the Manawatu Gorge, the fourth bench at the massive slip site is nearly finished, and crews are expected the begin work on the milestone fifth bench next week.
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WAIKATO — The NZ Transport Agency says road works in the Waikato are hitting high gear, after works were deferred late last year to make sure that traffic flowed smoothly during the Rugby World Cup and during the extended period of bad weather which followed afterwards.
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Bike Wise Month 2012 has seen many New Zealanders discover (or rediscover) cycling as a great way to get around, and now the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is looking to help those new riders to be confident and safe on the roads.
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Bike Wise Month is now in full swing and the annual Bike Wise Challenge, which pitches businesses against each other in a race to get the most bums on bikes during February, is heating up.
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The NZ Transport Agency is close to beginning work on the pivotal fifth bench as State Highway 3 through the Manawatu Gorge approaches an unprecedented six months of closure.
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The NZ Transport Agency is urging young drivers and their parents to put in plenty of practice before booking appointments to sit tougher on-road driving tests being introduced from next week.
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The NZTA has announced an expansion of its plans to strengthen the cliff face at Rocks Road following the unprecedented storm late last year.
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The Waimauku community will have the chance to respond to the NZ Transport Agency's plans to upgrade the intersection of State Highway 16 and Muriwai and Waimauku Station Roads when the design of a proposed roundabout is revealed at a public information day on Thursday, 23 February.
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ALEXANDRA — The New Zealand Transport Agency is about to commence work on a new pedestrian crossing on State Highway 85 Tarbert Street Alexandra adjacent to the St Gerards School and Ranui Rest Home.
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RUATORIA — Queues and safety concerns at an aging bridge south of Ruatoria are now a thing of the past, with the East Coast community celebrating the completion of the new Kopuaroa Bridge on State Highway 35 today.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The NZ Transport Agency says the fourth bench is well underway at the Manawatu Gorge, as crews slog increasingly closer to the pivotal fifth bench.
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Work that will almost double the length of the State Highway (SH88) Dunedin to Port Chalmers walking and cycling shared path gets underway early next week (Monday 13 February.) The NZ Transport Agency awarded the contract for this project to Dunedin based company Delta Utility Services.
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Sections of the Northern Gateway Toll Road on State Highway 1 north of Auckland will be closed over two nights next week when the NZ Transport Agency undertakes its annual maintenance work on the Johnstones Hill tunnels.
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says a multi-media public awareness campaign will kick off next month to ensure that drivers are aware of changes to New Zealand's give way rules which come into force from 5am on Sunday March 25.
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HAMILTON — Vehicles crashed to gain an insight into their safety performance will be on display from Wednesday to Friday this week (8-10 February) in Civic Square, Hamilton (near Garden Place and in front of the Hamilton City Council buildings) as part of an NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) drive to encourage the purchase of safer cars.
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The NZ Transport Agency is responding to feedback it has received from customers and will open its Northern Gateway Toll Road call centre on Waitangi Day (Monday, 6 February) for people who want to pay their tolls by telephone.
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The NZ Transport Agency welcomes and applauds Vodafone's texting innovation to improve safety on the country's roads.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The NZ Transport Agency has announced that the Manawatu Gorge will remain closed until mid-year to enable crews to complete a thorough job of safely securing and clearing the massive slip site.
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AUCKLAND — The NZ Transport Agency says tolls on the Northern Gateway Toll Road (NGTR) on State Highway 1 north of Auckland will increase on 1 March by 20 cents to $2.20 for cars, motorcycles and light commercial vehicles, and by 40 cents to $4.40 for heavy commercial vehicles.
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Tomorrow is the first day of Bike Wise Month, the annual cycling extravaganza that sees hundreds of cycling events take place around New Zealand, all with the goal of getting Kiwis onto their bicycles.
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AUCKLAND — The NZ Transport Agency says it has successfully completed the shift of the large lifting gantry on the Newmarket Viaduct on Auckland's Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) - an operation that has required the full closure of the motorway's northbound lanes.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The NZ Transport Agency says crews at the Manawatu Gorge are striking increasing amounts of rock at the slip site, and a big job remains ahead shifting the rock and completing the benching.
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The NZ Transport Agency is reminding young drivers that practical driving tests are about to get a lot harder.
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AUCKLAND — The NZ Transport Agency is urging people to plan ahead to avoid Auckland Anniversary Weekend delays, not only on regional highways but in Auckland too when a significant section of the city's Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) is closed.
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WELLINGTON — The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has announced new details on design improvements for the Kapiti Expressway, including an updated route alignment for the Peka Peka to Ōtaki section, and released updated cost estimates for both the MacKays to Peka Peka and Peka Peka to Ōtaki sections of the road.
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DUNEDIN — Vehicles crashed in the pursuit of safety will be one of the major attractions in an NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) display opening in Dunedin later this week.
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Many Kiwi teens have been hitting the road this summer to attend one of dozens of music festivals around the country and the Parachute Festival will be no different.
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AUCKLAND — The NZ Transport Agency is warning drivers of considerable delays during Auckland Anniversary Weekend when it closes a section of Auckland's Southern Motorway (State Highway 1) to complete work before opening the new northbound Newmarket Viaduct.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The NZ Transport Agency is welcoming NZ Police's move to crack down on speeding on the Saddle Road, while work continues to improve the safety of the route and to stabilise the slip site at the Manawatu Gorge.
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AUCKLAND — A murky pond beside Auckland's busy Northern Motorway is the centre of groundbreaking environmental trial led by the NZTA's Auckland Motorway Alliance to produce cleaner water with the help of a garden growing on a floating island.
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WARKWORTH — A fully laden logging truck has crashed on State Highway 1 south of Warkworth this afternoon, and the NZ Transport Agency says there will be long delays until the highway is cleared.
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NZ Transport Agency Regional Operations Manager Mark Owen says the NZTA aims to have the affected section of Rocks Road south of the Basin Reserve fully open again by late February.
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AUCKLAND — The first stage of work to improve the causeway on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) is underway with the NZ Transport Agency starting construction today of a trial causeway to test the impact the larger project will have on the immediate environment.
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AUCKLAND — Both west bound and the east city bounds lanes on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) have been re-opened to traffic ahead of schedule by the NZ Transport Agency this morning after the successful demolition of a bridge at the Lincoln Road interchange.
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RAGLAN — The NZ Transport Agency is asking motorists to take care when driving in the vicinity of a recent slip on State Highway 23, just out of Raglan.
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AUCKLAND — The NZ Transport Agency reminds drivers to avoid using Auckland's Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) at the Te Atatu Road and Lincoln Road interchanges from nine o'clock tonight, as it closes a large section of the highway to demolish an old bridge over the weekend.
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QUEENSTOWN — The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is advising motorists of further resurfacing and safety works scheduled to commence on SH6A Frankton Road and Stanley Street in Queenstown from next Tuesday (17 January).
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AUCKLAND — The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists to avoid the Te Atatu and Lincoln Road Interchanges in West Auckland this weekend (13-15 January) as it closes a large section of the Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) to demolish an old bridge.
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NORTHLAND — Aucklanders returning home from Northland this weekend after their Christmas holidays are reminded by the NZ Transport Agency to drive with care because of significant developments on Auckland's motorway network while they have been away.
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) wants to hear from Kiwi motorcyclists on a new guide being developed to help authorities make roads and roadsides safer for riders.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The NZ Transport Agency is closing in on the completion of the second bench at the Manawatu Gorge slip site, at which point machines will be fully committed to snaking their way down the slope until the benching is complete.
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One of the most significant changes to Auckland driving conditions for half a century will be made tomorrow morning (Monday 9 January) when the NZ Transport Agency opens the Victoria Park flyover on State Highway 1 in a new layout to carry four lanes of southbound traffic.
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AUCKLAND CITY — One of the most significant changes to Auckland driving conditions for half a century will be made tomorrow morning (Monday 9 January) when the NZ Transport Agency opens the Victoria Park flyover on State Highway 1 in a new layout to carry four lanes of southbound traffic.
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AUCKLAND — Work to reconfigure the Victoria Park flyover on State Highway 1 in central Auckland is almost complete and the NZ Transport Agency says that it remains on track to open the flyover to four lanes of southbound traffic this Monday, 9 January.
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There will be significant changes to the two lanes on the Victoria Park flyover after Christmas, and the NZ Transport Agency is asking drivers to be alert to the new driving conditions on this busy section of Auckland's motorway network.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The NZ Transport Agency continues to make excellent progress benching the Manawatu Gorge slip.
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The NZ Transport Agency is reminding agricultural contractors they can again apply for a work time variation to complete critical agricultural operations this season.
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NELSON — NZ Transport Agency has re-opened State Highway 6 Rocks Road and thanked the Nelson community for its support and patience while the NZTA and its contractors worked to repair the highway after last week's storms.
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While Auckland commuters plan their summer escape, the NZ Transport Agency is reminding them to allow more time for their journey and to take extra care as it tackles three significant motorway works over the Christmas holidays. Most work stops over the holidays to keep traffic flowing smoothly.
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The Tatuanui Roundabout at the intersection of SH26/27 is up and running in time for the Christmas break - a month ahead of schedule.
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