Roads

The associate transport minister, Craig Foss was listening to that. Audio

The local authority road safety group says the Government should consider slowing down its investment on roads of national significance and instead spend more on safety measures to reduce road… Audio

Aucklanders are wasting the equivalent of about a dozen working days, or 95 hours, a year sitting in traffic. Audio

Auckland joins Istanbul, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow and Salvador on a list of the world's most gridlocked cities. Audio

Risky rural roads are being blamed for New Zealand having a worse road toll rate than Australia's. Audio

A 70-metre stretch of cycle path in the Netherlands has just become the world's first public roadway with embedded solar panels. Sten de Wit of SolaRoad can see the possibilities. Audio

The Far North council plans to spend nearly 3 million dollars fixing up country roads that have triggered protests from locals because of the dust clouds stirred up by big trucks. Audio

OPUS Research's audio tactile driving simulator is being used to test the wear of rumble strips on roads Audio

The pavement team at OPUS Research study the properties of bitumen and the wearability of the road's base course to work out ways of making roads last longer Audio

An ecologist and opponents of a new road are lamenting the expected loss of ancient kauri trees now the 800-million-dollar highway between Puhoi to Warkworth has won final approval. Audio

Northland councils and businesses are calling for major spending on the region's roads. Audio

The Transport Agency's holding a meeting in Whangarei today - to reveal its future roading plans for the flood-ravaged north. Audio

A so-called "holiday highway" connecting Auckland to Northland, has been given the green light by a Board of Inquiry. Audio

Northland is in recovery and repair mode after the most prolonged storm in memory. Audio

Scott Brusaw of Solar Roadways wants to revolutionise road building with his solar roads. They're glass-covered smart roads containing solar panels and embedded LEDs that can generate power, and… Audio

Rural Whangarei people fed up with the dust hazard caused by log trucks on gravel roads - have vented their anger today at a council meeting. Audio

Whangarei people angry about the state of their unsealed roads are marching on the council today to make their protests. Audio

Farmers, rural councils and business leaders are joining forces to fight a billion dollar redistribution of road funding to the big cities, and in particular to pay for the Roads of National… Audio