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Napier-Taupō highway speed reduction saving lives, money
Cost-benefit modelling says avoided crashes created $93 million worth of benefits.
Cost-benefit modelling says avoided crashes created $93 million worth of benefits.
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The agency is aiming to reopen the road for a single lane of light vehicles.
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The road was partially blocked while the tree was cleared,
Luxon added road cones to speed limits and potholes as he scratches itches of voters.
The policy will starve Auckland Transport of subsidies to lower speeds on local roads.
School speed limits have also come under fire.
Pothole damage compensation claims have jumped in Hawke's Bay over the past three years.
'It’s like playing Whac-A-Mole,' one senior police officer says.
A reactivated landslide had caused cracking on the section of highway.
The two-vehicle crash happened on Great South Rd last night.
Kraleva, 52, died from blunt force injuries to her torso on October 14, 2020.
$6 million assigned to start $100m project before the end of the 2023/24 financial year.
A driving instructor feels most Northlanders are out of touch with the road rules.
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'Sometimes I have flashbacks. I get really scared. Sometimes I can't breathe.'
A woman struck by the vehicle was critically injured.
An ex-firefighter fears they could be the difference between life and death.
Some officers feel they're being asked to "facilitate" gang runs instead of policing them.
"That ute was a blink away from a fatal collision," road safety campaigner says.
The road has now reopened in both directions via one lane.
'We just need the weather to dry things out a bit and then we’ll be into the sealing.'
A person was seriously injured in Waingawa after a train hit their car in July.
The project has proved hugely challenging.
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Christchurch woman Sandra Loveday was killed in the crash.
Rural area commander Pete Cooper said the road toll was 'just horrendous'.
Allegedly, the Google employee told the officer he was "scared to stop".