NZTD News

Transport Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed news that the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is getting on with the Government’s first seven Roads of National Significance (RoNS) projects expected to begin procurement, enabling works and construction in the next three years.

“Delivering on commitments in our coalition agreements, we are moving at pace to progress a new generation of RoNS across the country to support economic growth and get people and freight to where they want to go, quickly and safely. There is plenty of wo...

Motorists are advised to plan ahead for a northbound lane closure on the State Highway 29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road. 

On Sunday 14 July, the northbound lane (from Tauriko to Tauranga) on the toll road will be closed to all traffic overnight from 8pm to 5am.

This one direction closure is required for the installation of the temporary barriers to allow a safe work site for crews working on the Takitimu North Link project.

While this work is taking place there will be a detour via SH29 and Cambridge Road/M...

Infrastructure New Zealand is pleased to see progress on the first seven Roads of National Significance projects that will be key enablers of future economic activity and community progress. The peak infrastructure sector body also encourages the Government to embrace road tolling to fund these new RoNS.

“Safe and efficient four-lane and grade-separated highways are not cheap, yet they are a critical piece of the puzzle when it comes to improving New Zealand’s land transport network,” says Infrastructure New Zealand Ch...

Keeping us moving

Keeping traffic moving is a priority for Transporting New Zealand, and it’s been a big week on that front.

Heavy trucks operate efficiently, transporting the vast majority of the freight task while only making up around eight percent of all kilometres travelled on our roads. However, congestion and road-related travel delays pile costs onto trucking businesses and the business and consumers they supply.

Practical speed limit changes

We can start with some good news o...

Scania New Zealand is pleased to announce the opening of a brand new Scania dedicated service centre in Invercargill to support its growing southern customer base.

The new branch located 20 Wallacetown Lorneville Highway, Invercargill officially opened  mid-June. The state of the art facility has a 10-bay drive-through capacity with the ability to accommodate 15 technicians, replacing the previous four-bay drive through workshop that  housed 10 technicians. 

Scania NZ’s Dealer Director for the Sout...

On Friday 21 June the NRC team welcomed members, associates and commercial partners to Alexandra Park for our 88th AGM. This year's event really showed just how far we have come as an organisation in the last 12 to 18 months. There was plenty to celebrate with NRC achieving a strong financial result, advocacy success in Wellington and making good inroads on the business transformation and delivering on the strategic objectives.
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