The Takaka Hill Road into Golden Bay, SH60, will close to all traffic at 7pm this evening (Friday, 23 March) but may close earlier if rain resumes and conditions deteriorate.
The NZ Transport Agency will be temporarily closing the Waiho Bridge over four weeks at night from 25 March (this Sunday night). The four weeks of night-time closures will run from Sunday to Friday each week, 25 March to 20 April, 10 pm to 6 am.
The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists to allow extra time when travelling on State Highway 1 in Mid and South Canterbury early this week as an annual bridge inspection programme gets underway in the area.
Truck and trailer units will be able to travel on the Takaka Hill Road into and out of Golden Bay, SH60, from midday Tuesday 20 March, with the lunchtime, (permits-only) freight convoy.
A short detour will be in place for people travelling north on State Highway 1 between Mosgiel and Dunedin from 6pm tonight (Friday, 9 March) until 7pm on Sunday, 11 March, to allow contractors to work on a safety upgrade.
The North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery team (NCTIR) has closed State Highway 1 between Peketa, south of Kaikōura, and the Leader Road*, near Parnassus, this afternoon.
Journeys between Picton and Christchurch along SH1 through Kaikōura are slightly longer than before ex-tropical cyclone Gita inundated the coast with rain and resulting landslides and road damage.
Repair work on the Takaka Hill highway, State Highway 60, between Riwaka and Golden Bay has gone well in recent days. “Crews have been making good progress while the weather has been dry, clearing the road and making it safer and more resilient, which will enable truck and trailer units to make the journey soon,” says Frank Porter, NZ Transport Agency System Manager.
The NZ Transport Agency advises people who normally use State Highway 73 between Castle Hill Village and Lake Lyndon, on the main route between the West Coast and Canterbury, that the Porter River Bridge is about to have overnight deck repairs for two weeks.
The NZ Transport Agency will reopen State Highway 1 through Kaikōura from Friday, 2 March, following extensive landslip removal following ex-cyclone Gita.
State Highway 60, the Takaka Hill road, damaged in the aftermath of ex-cyclone Gita, continues to be opened twice each day – 7-8 am and 5-6 pm, says the NZ Transport Agency.
The NZ Transport Agency is unlikely to reopen State Highway 1 through Kaikōura until the end of this week. This will be reviewed and the likely date confirmed on Wednesday, 28 February, 5pm.