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Work to reduce rockfall risk above SH6 north of Haast and south of Knights Point near the Epitaph slip site comes to an end next week, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
A major road asphalting project in Ashburton, affecting night-time travel, due to start this Sunday, 30 March, will now begin Friday, 4 April. The work is due to run for five or so weeks.
State Highway 6 Dellows Bluff, south of Murchison, will be free of containers and back to two lanes by Wednesday 9 April, as contractors pause work to refine and improve plans to repair the slip.
People who drive through the Lower Buller Gorge, east of Westport, will face a 2-hour closure of SH6 next Thursday 3 April, for rock blasting. The highway will be closed from midday to 2pm.
People who travel between Ashburton and Rangitata in Mid-Canterbury will need to build in extra time throughout April, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
Road Reconstruction:
Extra time is needed to complete road reconstruction work on State Highway 6 near Pelorus.
Originally scheduled to be completed this week, the project is now expected to be complete in mid-April.
People who drive in and out of Westport via SH6, the Buller Gorge, are encouraged to build in an extra half hour to their trips next week, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
Ensuring state highway bridges are safe and fit for purpose will see bridge inspections completed on state highways across the top of the South this month.
Five weeks of night work to resurface a section of SH1 in Ashburton is due to start from Friday, 4 April through to around 9 May. (The start date was originally 30 March but weather has pushed it out). Although the work’s biggest impacts will be experienced overnight after 8pm, this work will slow down traffic during the daytimes also, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
People who normally drive south of Christchurch in the evening or early hours of the morning need to plan around some night-time bridge closures, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
