Clear, sunny weather for the latter part of this week in Canterbury means that SH8 south of Tekapo to Lake Pukaki/Twizel is likely to go back to its 100km/hour normal highway speed limit as of Friday morning, after 10 am (26 July).
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA)’s current measures to request people to slow down south of Tekapo through to Lake Pukaki/Twizel will remain in place while the cold hoar frost and black ice conditions continue.
As a result of early morning and continued foggy, hoar frost and black ice conditions in the Mackenzie Basin, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is adding an extra highway maintenance crew and dropping the speed limit initially to 50km/h from east of Lake Pukaki to Lake Ruataniwha.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is urging people driving on South Island highways to slow down and take extra care with fog, ice and snow continuing to affect roads as winter conditions bite.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising that SH8 has re-opened from Lake Tekapo to the intersection of SH80 at Lake Pukaki. The road had been closed following a serious crash before 9am today.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising road users to expect delays with the closure of SH8 from Lake Tekapo to the intersection of SH80 at Lake Pukaki following a serious crash before 9am today.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising road users to plan ahead and expect delays overnight on Tuesday 23 July, as planned repairs are undertaken on a bridge pile at the northern end of the Rangitata River Bridge, SH1.
The current maintenance and new traffic signals work on the Luggate Red Bridge near Cromwell is being extended by a week, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
The speed limit for a short section of SH77 in the Mid-Canterbury town of Methven will change from Friday, 19 July, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
NZTA/Waka Kotahi is making a change to planned detour route ahead of the next stage of work beginning next week on a new roundabout on State Highway 6 outside Marlborough Airport.
With frosty, slippery conditions on South Island/Te Wai Pounamu highways this first week of the school holidays, it is disappointing that Southern Police are finding people driving too fast, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
Work to improve the visitor driving experience in the Mackenzie Basin through new highway pull-over areas and upgrades to existing stopping places is now complete, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
