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- Who are we
- Our projects
- Other project sites currently being developed
- Maps showing project sites
- How we’re making rural roads safer
- Get in touch
Who we are
Made up of the NZ Transport Agency and infrastructure consultancies Beca , Bloxam, Burnett & Olliver (BBO) and Northern Civil Consulting (NCC) , Safe Roads will work with stakeholders to deliver timely and tangible improvements to New Zealand roads, helping to reduce deaths and serious injuries. Safe Roads has been established to deliver a programme of road and roadside safety improvements to the State Highway Network over six years.
The Safe Roads and Roadsides programme is one of four components of the Safe System approach which was introduced to New Zealand through Safer Journeys , the government’s strategy to guide improvements in road safety over a 10-year period.
The national programme of improvement works is overseen by the team in Hamilton while projects are managed regionally through its partner offices in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Whangarei and Christchurch.
Our projects
- SH3: Ohaupo to Te Awamutu
- SH37: SH3 to Waitomo
- SH11: Airfield to Lily Pond
- SH30: Te Teko to Awakeri
- SH3: SH37 to Te Kuiti
- SH12: Dargaville to Tokatoka
- SH1B: Taupiri to Gordonton
- SH34: SH30 to Kawerau
- SH27: SH26 to SH24
- SH23: Hamilton to Raglan
- SH16: Brigham Creek to Waimauku
- SH1: Bombay to Hampton Downs
- SH1: Cambridge to Piarere
- SH5: Wairakei to Mihi to SH38
- SH3: Awakino to Mt Messenger Corridor
- SH2: Wainui Road to Ōpōtiki
- SH33: Te Ngae Junction to Paengaroa
- SH22: SH1 (Drury) to Paerata
- SH27: Mangawhero Stream Bridge
- SH3: Waitara to SH3A, part of SH3 Waitara to Bell Block
- SH1: Dunedin to Mosgiel
- SH2: Whakatiki Street Intersection
- SH7: Waipara to Waikari
- SH57: SH1 to Shannon
Other project sites currently being developed
Auckland/Northland
- SH1: Dome Valley Safety Improvements
- SH1: SH12 to Wellsford
- SH1: SH15 to Schultz Rd
- SH1: Whangarei to Te Hana
- Key Corridor Safety Retrofit Programme
Waikato/Bay of Plenty
- SH1: Key corridor safety retrofit programme
- SH3: Te Awamutu to Otorohanga
- SH3: Hamilton to Ohaupo
- SH29: Pairere to Tauranga
- SH1: Pairere to Wairakei
- SH1: Wairakei to Waiouru
- SH30: Owhata to Te Ngae Junction
- SH5: Tarukenga to Ngongataha
- SH2: Paeroa to Waihi PBC
- SH2: Waihi to Omokoroa
Central
SH57: SH1 to Shannon- SH2: Masterton to Carterton
- SH2: Pakipaki to Waipukurau
- SH2: Wairoa to Bay View
- SH2: Mount Bruce
- SH3: New Plymouth to Hawera
- SH6: Blenheim to Nelson
- SH1: Weld Pass
Southern
- SH1: Oamaru to Dunedin
- SH1: Ashley to Belfast
- SH1: Rakia to Ashburton
- SH1: Rangitata to Timaru
- SH88: Dunedin to Port Chalmers
- SH1: Mosgiel to Balclutha
- SH74: Marshlands to Burwood
Take a look at our Safer Roads and Roadsides - Indicative Investment Programme for more detail.
Maps showing project sites
How we’re making rural roads safer
Flexible road safety barriers
Head-on and run-off-road crashes account for 75 percent of fatal and serious injury crashes in New Zealand. Installing wire rope barriers along centrelines and roadsides has been shown to significantly reduce these types of crashes. They work by acting as a net, catching vehicles before they run off the road and hit something less forgiving like a tree or another vehicle. The wire cables flex on impact slowing the vehicle down and pushing it back into its lane.
Wider centre-lines
Something as simple of as widening the centreline on the road to increase the separation of traffic can reduce the likelihood of crashes. Wide centrelines have been shown to reduce centreline crashes by 40 percent by giving fatigued and distracted drivers an extra couple of seconds to regain concentration and correct a mistake before crossing over into the opposing lane.
Rumble strips
Rumble strips are a cost effective way to reduce run-off-road and head-on crashes. Applied to centrelines and edge lines, the raised plastic ribs give distracted or fatigues drivers a wake-up call if they stray across the line.
Signs and road markings
Good signage and road markings create a more readable road so that drivers can see more clearly what is ahead and so will encourage better decisions. Warning signs alert drivers to features that need special care, for example, curves they need to slow down for or clear stop signs at intersections. Better signs and road markings all help to create a safer road environment.
Shoulder widening
A sealed shoulder provides additional space should a driver need to take evasive action or need to recover control of their vehicle before they run off the road.
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