Christmas is coming early for road safety advocates in the Hawke's Bay, with signs due to go up shortly for a new reduced speed limit on State Highway 2 between Clive and Hastings.
NZ Transport Agency crews are working at full tilt to reopen SH6 Rocks Road and SH60 at Bird's Hill as soon as it is safe to do so, as cleanup and repair operations continue on the highways throughout the upper South Island.