The NZ Transport Agency has revised its timeframe to reconnect State Highway 6 in South Westland at the Waiho River, says Transport Agency System Manager Pete Connors.
Regulatory Compliance Lead Steve Haszard says the NZ Transport Agency is making huge progress in addressing areas of non-compliance identified in its recent review.
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Closures start at 9pm and finish at 5am, unless otherwise stated. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday 5 April 2019. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
The railway crossing on Christchurch’s Kirk Road, Templeton, near State Highway 1 will be temporarily closed, with detours in place, on the weekend of 6-8 April for safety improvements.
The NZ Transport Agency says there is no evidence to support suggestions that a lack of maintenance or earlier work upstream were responsible for the failure of South Westland’s Waiho Bridge on Tuesday this week.
A full overnight road closure on SH6 at the Victoria Bridge between Cromwell and Queenstown will be in place from 10pm next Tuesday 2 April, until 5am Wednesday 3 April.
Construction of the Ōtaki River Bridge on the Peka Peka to Ōtaki (PP2O) Expressway has reached the halfway mark, with 55 of the 110 bridge beams now in place.
Motorists heading north on Auckland’s Southern Motorway will notice changes on Monday (1 April) that are designed to improve their driving experience through the Takanini interchange.
Updated at 5pm: State Highway 73 on the Otira Gorge is now open again, with rivers and creek levels dropping rapidly across the West Coast and the sun coming out.
A number of highways on the West Coast remain closed today after torrential rain and rock-filled rivers took out the Waiho River Bridge Tuesday afternoon on State Highway 6 near Franz Josef.
South Westland’s Waiho River bailey bridge has been washed away this afternoon after several hours of torrential flood waters carrying large amounts of rock and material downstream battered its support piers.
The NZ Transport Agency is extending the length of South Westland’s State Highway 6 closure due to concerns about rising rivers and heavy rain still to come later this afternoon.
The NZ Transport Agency says a new lane layout will improve safety for all road users on a busy section of State Highway 2 at the northern end of Masterton.
The NZ Transport Agency is keeping State Highway 6 between Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers closed today after closing it earlier this morning after two slips covered the highway, triggered by torrential rain.
Tairawhiti Roads advises motorists using State Highway 35/Awapuni Road to expect delays of up to 30 minutes from Monday, as roadworks to replace the current surface with asphalt get underway.