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Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Coastal Otago highway maintenance team has been busy at Ravensbourne for the past two days making safe a collapsed culvert under the highway at the Tekapo St/ SH88 intersection.
Work to install permanent rockfall protection is underway south of Kaikōura, with night closures starting mid-August to help minimise disruption to the majority of road users during the daytime and at weekends.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Aspiring Highways team is about to begin several weeks of repairs on the Makarora River Bridge (SH6) Otago. An earlier period of maintenance and strengthening work occurred in March this year.
There is some good news for people who drive between Alexandra and Cromwell on State Highway 8: the slip near Deadman’s Point bridge which has slowed traffic over the past fortnight has been stabilised in recent days, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
The new bridge planned for Beaumont, in Clutha District, Otago, is one step closer to construction with the issuing of resource consents in recent days from Otago Regional Council and Clutha District Council.
The first stage of permanent rockfall protection is now underway, south of Kaikōura, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and NCTIR (North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery alliance). The work is at a rockfall-prone corner between Peketa and the Parititahi Tunnels.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has completed the installation of additional safety barriers at the site of the SH8 Deadmans Point slip, allowing the road to re-open to two lanes while work continues to stabilise the hillside above the highway.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will install additional safety barriers at the site of the SH8 Deadmans Point slip, allowing the road to re-open to two lanes while work continues to stabilise the hillside above the highway.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency road crews and geotechnical advisors are aiming to keep SH8 near the SH8B junction at Cromwell’s Deadmans Point, open overnight. The schist slope above the highway began to slip earlier today, with traffic reduced to one lane with close monitoring, to protect road users.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency highway crews are closely monitoring and managing a potentially significant slip at Cromwell near the intersection of SH8 and SH8B.
People who use the highway between Dunedin and Port Chalmers, SH88, should plan for short delays – a few minutes extra to the overall journey – from this coming Monday, 13 July.
