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Weekend of Traffic Congestion Ahead
NZTA predicts there’ll be severe traffic congestion this weekend as it gets ready to open 2 of the Victoria Park Tunnel’s 3 lanes on Monday. It says find an...
Carpark Replaces Old Bus Space
New Lynn’s old bus station is no more. It got partly wiped out when the new transport hub opened a year ago – and on that day Waitakere deputy Mayor Penny Hulse...
Big Boys Toys Trip Far From Boring
Mayor Len Brown leaves for Shanghai on Thursday for a trip that has the potential to push the much-wanted Auckland City Rail Link project one step further. He’s...
Here’s Car Thieves Most Wanted
Here are the 10 most favoured cars to be stolen in NZ according to the latest list from AA Insurance. 1. Honda Torneo 2. Nissan Elgrand 3. Subaru...
Did Fireworks Trigger M5 Crash?
Authorities are investigating whether a nearby fireworks display could have contributed to last night’s fiery inferno on Britain’s M5 near Somerset which...
U.K’s Worst Ever Motorway Smash - Video
A 27-vehicle pile-up on the M5 motorway near Taunton has sparked explosions and an inferno, leaving numerous people dead (no official number yet) and around 40 injured,...
Orakei Bridge Replacement Starts
Preparatory works are getting underway for one of KiwiRail’s big Christmas rail projects - the replacement of the Orakei rail bridge. That bridge over...
Motorway Closures Ahead, Big Projects Start
It’s going to be another busy summer for NZTA motorway projects with considerable disruption during the next few months. Several new projects get underway –...
Tiverton Rd, Wolverton St Upgrade Goes Ahead
Auckland Transport has called for tenders on a major upgrade of Tiverton Road and Wolverton Street – a busy 2.2km stretch of arterial road between New Windsor...
Murder Weapon Found During Vic Tunnel Build
A dual trigger pistol was among the things discovered while the excavation for the Victoria Park tunnel was taking place. One assumes it was a murder weapon thrown...
Victoria Park Tunnel Opens
Auckland’s $340 million Victoria Park Tunnel was officially opened this morning three months ahead of schedule by Prime Minister John Key- and 17,000 people then...
NZTA: 30% More Find PT Attractive
30% more people think public transport is a viable option, according to the NZTA in its just published annual report. Public transport services performed below...
Grafton Rd Delays From Monday
Around last Christmas it was Quay St that saw disruption. This time it will be Grafton Rd which will include being speed being reduced to 30k and one lane in either...
Where’s Rest of My Highway?
An angry Rotorua Mayor has called NZTA’s regional office officials to a meeting with him in Rotorua today to “explain themselves to the council” over...
What To Call Manukau? Update
It will be at least March before we know what Manukau station will be called - and even then it may be later if there are public objections. The station opens...
Will We Ever Catch Up?
We’re making progress with public transport - new trains coming, station renewals, a new Manukau line, new LINK bus services…. But no-one could...
PM Opens Vic Tunnel Saturday
The prime minister officially opens Victoria Park tunnel in a ribbon cutting ceremony early next Saturday morning, during the first week of the official election...
What’s Wrong With Waikato Drivers?
What is it with motorists in the Waikato and drink driving? So far 42 people have died on Waikato roads this year in 36 crashes, of those crashes 15 involved alcohol...
AMETI All Go
Auckland Transport has awarded the first major AMETI Panmure contract, for replacement of Mountain Road Bridge, to Downer New Zealand Ltd. The works involve realigning...
Kaka Help Motorway Look Nicer
Sections of the NZ Transport Agency’s busy Auckland motorway network have become an unlikely sanctuary to foster the growth of rare native plants that are being...
Wellington Says No To NZTA Option
The Government knows best when it comes to this country’s transport needs and what motorways we need. So what is with this growing trend of stroppy Councils...
Victoria Park Tunnel Opening Details
NZTA will open two of the Victoria Park Tunnel’s three lanes to traffic on Monday, November 7, at the end of a week of intensive work to divert northbound motorway...
MP Pleas For NorthWest Busway
List MP and Labour candidate for Te Atatu Phil Twyford has made a plea to the Auckland Council’s Transport Committee proposing a Northwest Busway, similar...
Footbridge Across Harbour Bridge Update
After posting photos of how the footbridge over the Auckland Harbour Bridge SH1 motorway near Fanshawe St is looking like as it’s being built, some have been...
Ngaruawahia Waikato Expressway Starts
Construction on the Ngaruawahia Bypass section of the Waikato Expressway is now underway. Transport Minister Steven Joyce today turned the first sod to officially...
