The NZ Transport Agency is extending the length of South Westland’s State Highway 6 closure due to concerns about rising rivers and heavy rain still to come later this afternoon.
The NZ Transport Agency is keeping State Highway 6 between Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers closed today after closing it earlier this morning after two slips covered the highway, triggered by torrential rain.
The NZ Transport Agency asks all road users to be vigilant on the South Island’s West Coast highways and roads overnight and into Tuesday with forecast rain having started this afternoon.
The railway crossing on State Highway 79 at Rangitata, South Canterbury, will be temporarily closed, with detours in place, over the last weekend of this month (30 March – 1 April) for safety improvements.
Drivers who normally travel on State Highway 73, between Canterbury and the West Coast via Arthur’s Pass, will need to take the Lewis Pass (SH7 via Reefton and Waipara) this Sunday and Monday nights.
People who use the road between Cromwell and Queenstown, State Highway 6, may spot abseilers and drilling activities at the Nevis Bluff from Tuesday, 26 March.
The Beaumont community, inland Otago, has an opportunity next week to get the latest news on a new two-lane bridge over the Clutha River, State Highway 8, near the township.
The NZ Transport Agency’s highway maintenance team is milling and sealing an area of highway near the Okarahia Stream, south of Kaikōura, on the Hundalee hills from Sunday night, 17 March to Thursday night, 21 March.*
Aspiring Highways, on behalf of the NZ Transport Agency, is preparing to start investigative drilling at Scrubby Corner on SH6, near Cromwell next weekend.
The new bicycle lanes along State Highway 1 in Dunedin, aimed at making the southern city a healthier and safer place to live, will officially be opened Friday morning* this week.
There will be plenty of people taking it to the limit this weekend between Christchurch and Dunedin, and on other Otago and Southland highways, to have one of those nights at the Eagles concert in Dunedin Saturday.
Flexible barriers down the middle of the road to stop head-on crashes, a new roundabout at Marlborough Airport, and rumble strips to give drivers a wakeup call are among road safety ideas proposed for a high-risk stretch of highway between Blenheim and Nelson.
A massive effort by roading contractors over the past two days is paying off tonight with the reopening of State Highway 6 between Harihari and Whataroa, says the NZ Transport Agency.