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The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists to expect delays when travelling on State Highway 1 Russley Road this weekend as work on the $112 million Russley Road Upgrade continues.
Urgent repairs to the Ruffe Creek Bridge, north of Springs Junction, State Highway 65, will add a 45 minute detour for drivers using the Lewis Pass/ Murchison route from this Sunday night.
The NZ Transport Agency says work on the West Coast’s new Taramakau Bridge project, on State Highway 6 between Greymouth and Kumara Junction, is progressing well.
The NZ Transport Agency last year advised that changes to speed limits were going in place on the new Picton to Christchurch alternate highway, in the aftermath of the Kaikoura earthquake.
NZ Transport Agency crews are working at night this week on the Big Wainihinihi Bridge, between Jacksons and Kumara. Work starts tonight at 10pm with the bridge closed to 4am. The night closures run through to Friday morning 4am. Emergency vehicles will be allowed through.
State Highway 1, south of Kaikoura, will be closed to all traffic for eight days from 8pm on Sunday, 26 March to 7am on Tuesday 4 April to enable emergency slip face stabilisation work to be carried out.
New drone footage, released by the NZ Transport Agency, reveals just how quickly the State Highway 1 Russley Road upgrade is taking shape on Christchurch’s northern edge.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising Kawarau Falls Bridge users, especially shift workers, that night work from Sunday, 26 March will mean the bridge is only open to traffic on the hour for 10 minutes, between 11pm and 6am.
State Highway 1 will reopen south of Kaikoura tomorrow morning at 7 am (Thursday, 16 March) after being closed since the weekend between Peketa/ the Kahutara River and Goose Bay due to fresh slips triggered by rainfall.
NZ Transport Agency planners and engineers are meeting with the Ahaura community on Thursday this week (16 March) to go over options around the Ahaura River bridge replacement, on State Highway 7, north-east of Greymouth.
A crash between a truck and two cyclists early this morning has resulted in one death and closed State Highway 8, likely for a large part of the day, north of Twizel, between Twizel and Tekapo.
From Tuesday night, 14 March, rumble strip is being installed along the centreline of State Highway 6, between Kawatiri Junction and O’Sullivans Junction, part of the new alternate highway between Picton and Christchurch.
