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People driving through or into Milton, in South Otago, will face detours from Monday, 6 January. NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) crews are repaving the highway, part of SH1, requiring traffic management and some detours off Union St for around a month.
A fatality car crash before 1 pm today, north of Mangaweka on SH1, will involve two hours or more detour for SH1 road users through the Manawatū-Whanganui region, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
While the elves may be working right up until midnight on Christmas Eve, works across the region’s roads will mostly have finished at midday today Friday 20 December, allowing road users an undisturbed run to their holiday destination.
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, 10 January 2025. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) rock scaling crews have made good progress on a section of South Westland cliff-face since torrential rain led to the closure of the highway north of Haast in November. Rockfall and debris were triggered in a number of places with widespread flooding and clean up required along the highway.
Christmas is upon us as well as a helpful congestion predictor device for any trips you have planned: NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi’s (NZTA’s) holiday journeys traffic prediction tool.
