The Transport Agency is asking motorists to take extra care on Canterbury and West Coast roads with severe weather expected over the next couple of days.
Bad weather over the weekend, caused unexpected traffic hold ups during first of two planned 12 hour overnight closures of the Taramakau Bridge on State Highway 6 near Greymouth.
The Transport Agency expects to start work from next week to improve the braking performance on State highway 6 (SH6) immediately south of Winton that currently has temporary speed restrictions in place.
The Transport Agency says motorist should plan for minor delays at the SH8 Clutha River Alexandra Bridge from Wednesday 10 June, so critical welding of new steel strengthening beams below the bridge can be finished.
A new assessment based on recently updated traffic modelling shows the site chosen for the new two-lane Kawarau Falls Bridge on State highway 6 (SH6) near Frankton is the best location for the bridge.
The Transport Agency says it now has one northbound and one southbound lane on operating SH1 between Saddle Hill and Lookout Point in Dunedin, after they were affected by major flooding earlier today.
The Transport Agency says if people don’t have to travel today they should stay put, with flooding continuing to worsen on many local roads and highways in and around Dunedin.
The closures are necessary so safety improvement work can carried out be on the entrances to the bridge, including the installation of rubber mats on the bridge approaches to improve safety for both motorcyclists and cyclists.
The NZ Transport Agency is currently negotiating a new maintenance contract for the West Coast’s state highway network with a partnership led by Fulton Hogan.
Nearly four years of manoeuvring through traffic cones for users of State highway 73 (SH73) Curletts Road in Christchurch end this Tuesday, 3 June with the opening of clearways, to ease congestion and improve traffic flows along this busy road.
Tidal surges that closed State highway 1 (SH1) on the Kaikoura Coast this afternoon, has prompted the Transport Agency to close the road at 11pm tonight from Kererengu North of Kaikoura and Oaro South of Kaikoura, depending on conditions it’s hoped to reopen the road at 2am.
