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Hobsonville Noise Walls Being Painted
Painting has started on the noise walls along sections of the SH18 Hobsonville Deviation and SH16 Brigham Creek Extension motorway project as completion of the of...
SH16 Black Spot Eliminated
After years of waiting, the dangerous section on SH16 in Kumeu has thankfully been sorted with the opening of the Taupaki Road roundabout. The $4.5m two-lane roundabout...
Brigham Creek Roundabout Ready
The new roundabout at the intersection of State Highway 16 and Brigham Creek Road opens on Monday. As part of the SH16 Brigham Creek Extension project, the roundabout...
SH16 Tide Warning Again
That strange warning about flooding on SH16 is on again. NZTA says there’s a risk of flooding on a section of Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway over the...
Lincoln Rd Interchange Starts
Construction to improve the Lincoln Road interchange on Auckland’s Northwestern motorway officially started today. This morning, the police minister Judith Collins,...
Manuaku Project Wins Award
NZTA and its partners on the Manukau Harbour Crossing project have beaten off 15 other contenders to win one of Australasia’s top industry award for excellence. The...
Taupaki Rd Changes
Drivers are being advised by the NZTA that there will be changes to the layout of Taupaki Road later this month as part of the safety upgrade of the intersection...
Waterview Tunnel Briefings
NZTA has organised some more briefings on what is going on with the Waterview connection for the Western Ring Route. Those community briefings were popular last...
Another SH16 Flood Warning
Maybe this time we need to take the warning a little more seriously in view of the natural disasters happening! NZTA has issued one of those strange warnings about...
Grafton Gully Closure Tonight
Parts of SH16 in Grafton Gully will be closed tonight for urgent repair work. Some lanes of SH16 heading to the Southern, Northwestern and Northern motorways will...
SH16 Affected By Accident
An accident has meant that SH16 from the port up Grafton Gully is going to have to be closed tonight for emergency repairs. An overhead gantry under Grafton Bridge...
SH16 Bridge Stage Done
The first phase of construction of the Punganui Bridge on SH16 north of Helensville has been completed and has been opened to traffic as a single lane crossing. The...
Wrong Way Driver Dies
The driver of the vehicle that travelled the wrong way along the North Western Motorway on Saturday night has died in Auckland hospital. Police name him as Ewen...
Car Goes Wrong Way, Fatal (Update)
1030 PM UPDATE: The North-Western motorway westbound is still closed between Waterview and Te Atatu. Apart frrom the deceased, two other motorists have been transported...
SH16 Bus Lanes End At Waterview
ARC officers were asked today why proposed bus lanes on the northwestern Sh16 motorway would end at Waterview and not continue into the city. Officers are working...
Who Owns The Cycle Roads?
Can cyclists and pedestrians happily co-exist? I would have thought so, but today I travelled the length of the SH16 cycleway, to take in once again the final link...
Auckland Roads To Avoid In Next Week
Here’s the list of motorways and roads to try to avoid in the next week because of closures for maintenance or other work. The closures are between 8pm and...
Kingsland Cycleway’s First Day A Success
The SH16 Kingsland cycleway link was officially opened this morning by Transport Minister, Steven Joyce - and despite annoying drizzle, cyclists have already...
Unusual High Tides Threaten Auckland Motorway
Unusually high tides over the next week have the potential to cause problems on Auckland’s northwestern motorway – especially for those using the cycleway. High...
Auckland Motorway Closures: Where To Avoid Driving
Driving around the other night (yes, I know in a car…come on, trains don’t run after about 9pm!!) I kept driving smack into road works somewhere. So...
