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Road users on SH1 north of Amberley, North Canterbury, are advised to delay their journeys after a truck blew onto its side mid-morning south of the turn off to the Lewis Pass, SH7.
People who drive into Dunedin over the Leith Saddle should be aware there are road snowfall warnings down to sea level for Thursday evening into Friday this week.
Night-time closures and day-time stop/go traffic management is on the way as pre-Christmas maintenance work is carried out on State Highway, Tākaka Hill.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Central Otago spring safety programme at both the Kawarau Gorge (Bungy) Bridge bluff and Nevis Bluff, SH6, gets underway at the end of the month.
Extra care will be needed on state highways at the top of the South and lower North Island with another round of bad weather forecast for both regions tomorrow.
Work has temporarily been halted at the asphalt paving site on Timaru’s SH1 near Waimataitai Street after very poor ground conditions were encountered earlier this week, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.