People planning their school holiday departures need to check in with the MetService forecasts and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s traffic and highways update to be on the safe side.
Torrential rain making its way up the South Island has closed SH6 north of Makarora in Otago with a flooded creek overtopping the highway. The route will remain closed today and overnight.
Waka Kotahi is advising people to take extreme care and consider delaying their journey through exposed inland areas of South Canterbury today and this week, especially if they are driving high-sided vehicles like campervans, towing a boat or caravan or riding motorbikes.
West Coast drivers who travel at night need to work around some night-time highway closures for fresh road marking from 11 to 24 September*, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
The Aspiring Highways team, on behalf of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, has been working on an historic slip site on part of SH8 called Ash McGregor’s (Shingle Creek, near Waikaia Bush Road) in recent months.
People travelling between Otira and Arthur’s Pass, the SH73 link between Canterbury and the West Coast, will face delays up to 20 minutes next week, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
