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The NZ Transport Agency’s West Coast maintenance contract teams have cleared one lane through State Highway 6 between Lake Moeraki and Paringa at the site of a number of slips.
The NZ Transport Agency has crews clearing at least three slips which covered and closed the highway north of Haast near Lake Moeraki and Paringa, earlier this morning after 10 am.
The NZ Transport Agency advises people who normally use State Highway 6 across the Pelorus Bridge in Marlborough that next Thursday night, 14 December, the bridge will be closed. The approaches to the bridge require maintenance repairs so the highway will be closed from 9 pm through to 5 am at the bridge.
There will be night-time detours around Christchurch’s State Highway 1 Russley Road/Wairakei Road area over coming days as work continues on the Russley Road Upgrade.
With temperatures across the country much warmer than usual for this time of year, road surface temperatures are likely to be higher than 50°C today through Monday, 11 December, next week, says the NZ Transport Agency.
The NZ Transport Agency has confirmed that SH1 north of Kaikoura will open during the afternoon of Friday 15 December, connecting the coastal corridor for the first time since November 2016.
The NZ Transport Agency has confirmed that High Productivity Motor Vehicles (HPMVs) and overweight vehicles/loads (with a maximum height of 4.25m) which hold the relevant permits will be able to travel on State Highway 1 (SH1) between Picton and Christchurch from 15 December when the road reopens.
Queenstown people will soon have a one-off opportunity to put their best foot forward and walk across the new State Highway 6 Kawarau Falls Bridge at Frankton.
The NZ Transport Agency is inviting the community to have their say on possible ways to improve road safety in Mid Canterbury on State Highway 1, Rakaia to Ashburton. (Officially the project starts at the Selwyn River Bridge, north of Dunsandel.)
It’s been just over a year since the first sod was turned on the Christchurch Southern Motorway Stage 2 and the NZ Transport Agency says the project is progressing well as shown by the latest drone footage and photos. (See links below)
Due to yesterday’s flooding in Central Otago, State Highway 8 between the Roxburgh Hydro Dam, 9 km north of Roxburgh, and Millers Flat is closed with slips on either side of Roxburgh and in the town itself. The highway is likely to remain closed all day with an update on the NZ Transport Agency’s Traffic and Travel pages later today.
It’s been just over a year since the first sod was turned on the Christchurch Southern Motorway- Stage 2 and the NZ Transport Agency says the project is progressing well as shown by the latest drone footage and photos. (See links below)
New time-lapse footage released today by the NZ Transport Agency shows the dramatic transformation of one of Christchurch’s busiest intersections*, condensing two years of construction into a two-minute video.
