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The long-awaited second Ashburton Bridge is a step closer with the signing of a key agreement, Minister for the South Island and Associate Transport Minister James Meager has announced.

“The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has signed a contract with Fletchers Construction to progress the detailed bridge design, so that construction can kick off next year,” Mr Meager says. 

“This is real progress towards the National Party’s campaign promise to start construction of the bridge in our first term. 

Penske New Zealand has strengthened its national footprint by welcoming three new truck parts and service dealers to its network in Whangarei, Gisborne, and Blenheim.

Total Parts and Service (TPS) in Gisborne, Whangarei Diesels, and On Site Mechanical Repairs in Blenheim will service the MAN Truck & Bus, Western Star Trucks, and Detroit brands.

TPS managing director David Scammell, who founded TPS over 15 years ago, said he is delighted to have Penske’s backing.

“The team at TPS and I are thrilled to add the power of Pen...

The Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) has responded strongly to claims of a “productivity crisis” in New Zealand ports.

MUNZ National Secretary Carl Findlay says New Zealand’s supply chain vulnerability has its roots in the lack of a national ports and coastal shipping strategy.

“New Zealand doesn’t have a port productivity problem – it has a shipping problem and a failure by Government to provide leadership,” says Mr Findlay.

He says the reliance on ‘market forces’ to drive our supply chain and port inf...

Ferry Holdings has secured the preferred supplier of two new ferries to serve passengers, road and rail for the next 30 years, Rail Minister Winston Peters announced today.

“Nobody can accuse us of a lack of pace when Ferry Holdings is delivering a multi-year procurement process within 9 months,” Mr Peters says.

“Ferry Holdings has conducted wide market engagement, led a closed tender process with six shipyards, and has now signed a letter of intent with the preferred ship builder to start the final stage of tech...

The first major works of the state highway summer maintenance programme are about to get underway in the Hutt Valley.

Roxanne Hilliard, Wellington Alliance Manager, says State Highway 2 through the Hutt Valley will have nighttime resurfacing works underway from mid-September to late October. 

“Our crews will be resurfacing sections of State Highway 2, at night, from Petone all the way north to Totara Park.”

Ms Hilliard says work will start in Upper Hutt from Monday, 15 September. 

“We expect...

Road freight association Transporting New Zealand says that weight restrictions on Fernhill Bridge on SH50 in Hawke’s Bay are costing the region millions of dollars, with many freight companies having to complete a 40km return detour to make deliveries.

Fernhill Bridge is a crucial freight corridor linking a large agricultural area with the region’s industrial centre in Hastings. It is also the main access point to the Taihape Road from Hastings. Weight restrictions introduced in 2022 have limited access to a maximum o...