Motoring

Holiday speed restriction begins

A lowered speed tolerance on New Zealand roads begins today with police taking action against any driver found driving more than 4km/h over the legal limit. The... Read More

Works stop for Christmas/New Year

Road works around the Western Bay of Plenty will temporarily stop over the Christmas/New Year period. The temporary closure is to reduce inconvenience for motorists... Read More

Bay Hopper hits record numbers

Bay Hopper buses have hit a record number of passenger trips for the month of November this year. The Bay of Plenty Regional Council run buses carried a record 165,294... Read More

Binoculars installed in Papamoa

Catching a glimpse of progress being made on the Bay of Plenty's largest ever roading project, the Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL), just got easier through a new set... Read More

Gorge to open by Christmas

Work continues at Waioeka Gorge, between Opotiki and Gisborne, to fully reinstate State Highway 2 with considerable progress being made in extending the road around... Read More

Work to improve crash blackspot

Construction to realign a section of State Highway 33 halfway between Rotorua and Paengaroa is underway. NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says diggers and bulldozers have... Read More

Seven tickets in cellphone blitz

The head of Western Bay of Plenty road policing is surprised at the level of compliance by local drivers during a week-long blitz on cellphone usage in cars. A total... Read More

Reduction in highway crashes

The data based road safety management programme KiwiRAP established in 2006 is working and saving lives on New Zealand roads say officials. Representatives from... Read More

Maraenui Hill bypass opens

The bypass around the Maraenui slip was officially opened today by the New Zealand Transport Agency. A series of slips over the former section of State Highway 35... Read More

Delays for night travel

Street works in Hewletts Road and Turret Roads start tomorrow night and are expected to create some minor delays. The resurfacing works on State Highway 2 and SH2A... Read More

Kaituna Bridge steel placed

The first steel section for the Kaituna River Bridge was successfully placed this week, marking a milestone for the NZ Transport Agency's Tauranga Eastern Link... Read More

Traffic light outage ‘an issue’

Tauranga City Council is working to repair what has become a daily issue - the traffic light outage at the intersection of Cameron Road and Elizabeth Street. The... Read More