High Productivity Motor Vehicles (HPMV) over 50MAX, over-dimension and over-weight permitted freight vehicles will be queued in South Canterbury this morning, while a serious injury crash has created a road closure on SH1.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) will begin clearing the SH73 Rock Shelter roof from Monday, 9 September, involving a change in the hours the road will be open.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) advises people who travel on SH1 south of Christchurch after 7pm at night to be ready for up to 30 minute delays Monday and Wednesday nights.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) will begin clearing the SH73 Rock Shelter roof from Monday, 9 September, involving a change in the hours the road will be open.
People are invited to let NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) know if they agree or not with a proposal to increase the speed limit on Christchurch’s Southern Motorway to 110km/hour from 100km/h.
The highway between Arthur’s Pass and Otira, on SH73, will remain open daily from 7.30 am to 5.30 pm Monday to Sunday, subject to inspections at the Rockfall Shelter and weather conditions.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) has begun work this week on a second, northbound Commercial Vehicle Safety Centre (CVSC) at Rakaia in Mid-Canterbury.
State Highway 6 will remain at one lane under Stop/Go traffic controls and a 30 km/h temporary speed limit at the Whangamoa Hill slip site until the end of this week.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising road users that due to ongoing rockfall risk and poor weather forecast through the coming week, the SH73 route between the West Coast and Canterbury will continue to close overnight from 5.30pm to 8am this week, opening subject to inspection.
