Nightwork from Monday April 28 -Thursday 15 May (excluding Friday and Saturdays)
From 9pm-6am we are closing the highway overnight to we are trenching across SH6 Kawarau Road. This is to connect the main power cables, waster water and stormwater lines. These connections will secure and upgrade these vital services to businesses and homes, so they are well clear of the new signalised intersection.
The roundabout remains open at all times.
See works notice below for more details.
SH6 Kawarau Road night closures – April-May 2025 [PDF, 299 KB]
Daytime work from Monday 5 May-Friday 9 May
From 7am-6pm (open at night from 6pm)
We’re building a raised safety platform, installing Stop signs and road marking at the Gray-McBride intersection, to make this busy junction ready for all kinds of traffic.
See works notice below for more details.
Gray-McBride Streets intersection closure – May 2025 [PDF, 282 KB]
We are now a year into construction and complex stages of work has been completed.
The state highway is being widened in preparation for when we shift the roundabout and traffic lanes for the first time later in 2025.
Read more detail about work that has been completed and what is coming up in late April and May.
Gray-McBride work notice booklet April-May 2025 [PDF, 9.6 MB]
Night work from Tuesday 25 March to Friday 4 April (excluding Friday and Saturdays)
We’re closing the highway overnight from 9pm-6am. This work is to restore the Hansen Road intersection and build new road lanes in preparation for shifting traffic lanes later in 2025.
See works notice below for more details.
SH6 Frankton-Ladies Mile work – March–April 2025 [PDF, 411 KB]
We’re closing Gray Street and half of the McBride Street intersection to start the street rebuild with new kerb and channelling, footpaths and street lighting.
All parking in the Gray Street carpark will now be P60.
See more details in the works notice below.
Gray-McBride work notice booklet – Feb–Apr 2025 [PDF, 1 MB]
Read more detail about the work that has been done in the area and the work that is coming up over the next 6 weeks.
General information - Gray-McBride work notice booklet – Feb–Apr 2025 [PDF, 5.5 MB]
Night work from 22 to 23 January and from 29 to 30 January 2025
We’re closing the highway at night from 22 to 23 January and form 29 to 30 January 2025, between 10pm and 5.30am to remove 900m of overhead power lines and power poles, and re-mark 900m of highway. We’re also replacing over two hundred road cones with ‘hit sticks’.
See works notice below for more details.
SH6 Frankton-Ladies Mile Highway night works - January 2025 [PDF, 371 KB]
We are starting above ground works to rebuild the western side of the Gray and McBride Streets intersection. McBride Street will be one way heading towards SH6A at the intersection and there will be no entry to McBride off SH6A.
See works notice below for more details.
We need to close SH6 Kawarau Road overnight from 10pm to 6am on Tuesday 15 January to remove trees on the Bus Hub side of the state highway.
The entire work area will be fenced off from Tuesday 14 January until the end of April for the tree felling and then the trenching and pipe installation.
See below works notice below for detour information for the night work and the work area until April.
SH6 Kawarau Road work notice – January - April 2025 [PDF, 2.8 MB]
CloseWe’re installing a new, larger drinking water supply across SH6 Frankton-Ladies Mile Highway. The roundabout, Joe O’Connell Drive and Hansen Road remain open at all times.
See works notice below for more details and detour map.
SH6/6A Frankton intersection night work notice - November 2024 [PDF, 1.2 MB]
See general information in the link below and two works notices. One for work until 20 December 2024 and one for work from 6-31 January 2025
Gray-McBride work notice booklet – November 2024-January 2025 [PDF, 4.5 MB]
Monday 4 November to Friday 20 December 2024
We are completing day and night works in Gray Street and around the corner of Gray and McBride Street. This work connects the upgraded water main that links back to SH6/Ladies Mile.
Above ground works are also on the go as we start to rebuild kerbs, footpaths and the road, as well as new street lighting.
Monday 6 to Friday 31 January 2025
We are taking down power poles in Gray and McBride Streets and rebuilding parts of Gray Street.
Gray and McBride Streets rebuild and closure - Jan 2025 [PDF, 4.5 MB]
Monday 7 October 2024 for four weeks
We are ahead of schedule to start work on the Gray and McBride intersection stormwater upgrade.
These connections link the underground pipes that transport stormwater away from built up areas for treatment.
See the below works notice for more details.
Gray and McBride Streets intersection work notice - October 2024 [PDF, 595 KB]
Converting the existing Frankton roundabout into a signalised intersection requires a lot more than new asphalt and road markings. This information outlines what and where the services are that we are moving at Gray Street, McBride Street and also Ross Street.
About the Gray-McBride-Ross project [PDF, 1.6 MB]
Rain and snow has delayed our work in the Ross and McBride Street intersection. See works notice for updated dates:
Sunday 1 - Thursday 5 September, and Monday 9 - Friday 27 September 2024
In August we have re-aligned and deepened the trenches of many services, moving them out of the way of future road construction. This work has been done at night to minimise disruption to traffic.
A major new cable that starts at the Aurora electricity substation on SH6 Ladies Mile, runs along the sports fields, connects to the Queenstown Events Centre and Queenstown Airport, and finally links to a main cable in the intersection of Ross and McBride Street. This works notice outlines the work to make that connection.
McBride-Ross Streets excavation for utilities works notice [PDF, 592 KB]
Mid-September, and then early-mid October 2024
Trenching to underground the power on McBride Street between Gray Street and SH6A starts mid-September. This works notice outlines the way traffic will be managed while the work is done.
Gray-McBride Streets-power undergrounding works notice [PDF, 435 KB]
14 October - end October 2024
Trenching to underground the stormwater starts mid-October. This works notice outlines the full closure of the Gray and McBride Street intersection. Gray Street from SH6 Kawarau Road is open and McBride Street from SH6A is also open.
Gray-McBride intersection stormwater upgrade works notice [PDF, 318 KB]
10pm – 6am, Sunday 11 August to mid-September 2024
SH6 Kawarau Road, SH6 Frankton-Ladies Mile Highway, and SH6A Frankton Road, near BP Roundabout.
We are beginning trenching works to strengthen the power supply to Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown Airport and surrounding neighbourhoods. The works will also prepare for undergrounding power lines. By strengthening the water, gas and Chorus Broadband from Five Mile and beyond we are increasing capacity to unlock future growth in Queenstown.
Trenching work notice [PDF, 1.7 MB]
Kā Huanui a Tāhuna is delivering improvements to State Highway 6 and 6A (SH6/6A) to support an efficient and reliable transport network.
As part of this work, power, gas, fibre and stormwater pipes are being moved out from underneath the State Highway 6/6A intersection and into Gray and McBride Streets, and then the Gray-McBride intersection is being completely rebuilt.
More information and some questions and answers about this set of work [PDF, 2.2 MB]
Monday & Tuesday 29 & 30 July 2024
New carpark entrance construction works notice.
We’re building a new entrance to the Gray Street carpark, near the Gray-McBride Street intersection.
Car park entry work notice [PDF, 426 KB]
Wednesday 31 July – Wednesday 7 August 2024
Excavation for power connections at Frankton Village.
We’re excavating around the corner of Gray and Kawarau Road, in front of the Frankton Ale House.
Trenching work notice [PDF, 489 KB]
Thursday 8 August – Friday 30 August 2024
Excavations on Gray Street and possible detour route via car park.
We’re excavating a trench along Gray Street and managing access into Gray Street for residents and businesses.
Gray Street work notice [PDF, 340 KB]
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