Traffic cones are dotted along SH1 in Mercer as police officers stop motorists at one of the southern checkpoints set up on Wednesday. About 2000 traffic cones are being used at the NZ Police southern boundary checkpoints on State Highway 1 and SH2 alone. Many companies already had a good stock of traffic cones from the previous lockdown. Waka Kotahi does not hold information on the number of road cones currently being used on roads and uses various contractors and subcontractors to carry out traffic management including putting out the road cones. Traffic cones surround the Covid-19 testing station in Auckland's Otara after a rise in community cases saw an increase in the number of people getting tested.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 01, 2021 03:56 UTC