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Crown Range Road closed with immediate effect
The Crown Range Road between Queenstown and Wanaka is currently closed due to the extreme danger of rock fall on the Queenstown side caused by today’s heavy rain.
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) contractors have closed the road at the junction of Crown Range Road and State Highway 6 near Arrowtown (the bottom of the switchbacks leading up to Crown Terrace), and also near the junction of Cardrona Valley Road and Riverbank Road just south of Wanaka township.
Residents of Crown Terrace still have access as far as Eastbourne Road. Residents of Cardrona and visitors still have access from Wanaka as far as Cardrona township.
Anyone wishing to travel between Queenstown and Wanaka should take State Highway 6 via Cromwell and allow more time for their journey due to ongoing roadworks in the Kawarau Gorge.
An update is expected by 7.00pm this evening but it is highly likely the road will remain closed overnight until a full geotechnical inspection has taken place. Further updates will be posted on the QLDC website (www.qldc.govt.nz), Facebook page (@QLDCInfo) and also provided to local media.
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