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NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 13 December 2024.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi’s South Westland rock removal team has made good progress north of the Epitaph Slip area, an area called the Epitaph Rift, in the last fortnight since the route reopened after extensive flooding and rockfall on 9 November.
People travelling between the West Coast and Canterbury today should take the Lewis Pass route via Waipara and Reefton (SH7), says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
SH73 closed around 9.30 am today between Castle Hill and Arthur’s Pass village due to a large scrub fire near the highway, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
Night-time travellers will again be on detours around the Waikato Expressway works at Ngāruawāhia over the next fortnight as the big push continues to get the highway open this month.
As part of the State Highway 29 Tauriko Enabling Works project, work is underway on Cambridge Road in preparation for a new signalised intersection with SH29.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) encourages people travelling between the West Coast and Canterbury on SH73, the Arthur’s Pass route, to check the dates they are travelling in advance.
