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Northland state highway speed review could affect two-thirds of network 9 May, 2021 06:00 PM 8 minutes to read Don Wilson, who owns OnRoad Transport, a livestock transport company, said reduced speed limits would add "significantly" to trip times. Photo / Supplied Don Wilson, who owns OnRoad Transport, a livestock transport company, said reduced speed limits would add "significantly" to trip times. Photo / Supplied The National Road Carriers Association is calling for an "urgent review" of th...

A group of residents in the small town of Bombay are calling on authorities to address the number of car crashes on Mill Rd before another person is killed.

"We’re working to deliver a safe system which acknowledges that even responsible people can make mistakes on our roads, and that these mistakes should not cost us our lives,” he said. Nine state highways in Northland and two state highways in Auckland are being reviewed after being identified as roads where safer speed limits could make a difference in preventing deaths and serious injuries. The highways being reviewed have been identified as roads where lower speeds could help save live...

NZTA seeking feedback on State Highway speed review NZTA says the focus on making safer roads for all is evident in the current programme of works for Northland and into Auckland, such as the Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway. Speed limit reductions could be on the cards for the region’s two State Highways as a result of a review being carried out by the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) in Northland and Rodney this year. Over the next couple of months, NZTA will be organising...

Readers respond to Northland road woes.

Safety improvements save lives on dangerous stretch of Northland road 11 Feb, 2021 05:07 AM 3 minutes to read Waka Kotahi NZTA says these yellow safety poles on SH1 south of Whangārei have saved lives since they were installed in 2018. Photo / Michael Cunningham Waka Kotahi NZTA says these yellow safety poles on SH1 south of Whangārei have saved lives since they were installed in 2018. Photo / Michael Cunningham Northern Advocate Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has hailed safety improvements ...

Denise Piper/Stuff Heather Galloway still wonders what happened when her daughter Sarah Galloway, pictured, fatally crashed at Oakleigh, SH1 in 2006. Huntly woman Donna Hillary Blake, 54, also died in the area in June 2019. Hikurangi man Randall Kevin Wilson was sent to jail for causing the crash after a petrol drive-off went wrong. Waka Kotahi director of regional relationships, Steve Mutton, said more safety improvements are planned for SH1 between Whangārei and Port Marsden Highway (SH15)...

Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Improvements to the safety of State Highway 5, Tarukenga to Ngongotahā, and to congestion at the existing SH5/State Highway 36 roundabout will get underway from Monday (18 January 2021). The $14 million project is part of the regional package of the NZ Upgrade Programme announced in 2020. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Director of Regional Relationships, Steve Mutton, says the regional package isn’t just about delivering key infrastructure projects, it�...