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The NZ Transport Agency advises all West Coast travellers and road users that the State Highway 6 bridge south of Hokitika will be closed all day Wednesday, 20 June.
Southland, Otago and the alpine passes of the South Island have had snowfalls and freezing temperatures in the past 24 hours with potentially more overnight. Wet and icy road conditions are likely in many areas of the southern South Island Thursday morning.
A contract has been awarded to build a bypass to take State Highway 1 (SH1) to the north-west side of Edendale, in Southland. Work is expected to start in coming weeks.
The NZ Transport Agency encourages people in the South Island who are heading away for the long weekend, to plan ahead to ensure a safe and enjoyable trip.
The NZ Transport Agency is pleased to advise that funding has been approved for safety improvements at the Tucker Beach Road intersection with State Highway 6 near Frankton, Queenstown.
Funding to construct and complete Dunedin’s Port Chalmers shared path and install highway safety improvements between St Leonards and Port Chalmers has been confirmed by the NZ Transport Agency.
The NZ Transport Agency advises that the Green Island /Abbotsford access ramps onto and off Dunedin’s Southern Motorway will be closed overnight from 6pm to 6am from this Sunday evening, 20 May to Friday night, 25 May. The Abbotsford on ramp north will remain open.
The Transport Agency’s Highway Highlanders contracting crews are working their way along State Highway 1 in Oamaru this week through to mid-June on roading improvements.
Mid-Canterbury’s Rakaia rail overbridge on State Highway 1, just north of the 1.75 km Rakaia River Bridge, is getting an extra safety feature to warn drivers of traffic queued ahead but out of sight.
Traffic will flow in both directions* over the entire length of Queenstown’s new $22 million Kawarau Falls Bridge from mid-afternoon** Thursday, 10 May.
