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West Coast highways update, highway reopens to one lane
27 March, 2019
West Coast
highways update, highway reopens to one lane – 12.55 pm
Wednesday
A number of
roads on the West Coast are now open, albeit to one lane in
places, after the significant flooding of the past two days,
says the NZ Transport Agency.
State Highway 6 through South Westland will remain closed at the Waiho River, between the Fox and Franz Josef townships, until the bridge is replaced in the next week to ten days.
• People can now drive south of Fox Glacier to Haast and Otago and north of Franz Josef to Greymouth.
People are urged to take care and be patient and expect a longer than usual journey for everyone’s safety, says Pete Connors, Transport Agency System Manager.
Surface flooding is clearing in most places but people still need to take care as crews and residents clean up.
• SH6 south of Hokitika to Franz Josef is open but is
one lane in several places.
• SH6 south of Fox Glacier
to Haast is also open with several one lane
sections.
• SH6 south of Haast through to Makaroroa in
Otago is also open with one lane sections.
SH6, near Franz Josef at an area called Canavans: the Waiho overtopping the stopbank:
Canterbury/
West Coast via Otira remains closed
State
Highway 73, Otira to Jacksons on the West Coast, remains
closed – check this link at 2 pm today. http://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/traffic/regions/12
• SH73
from Jacksons through Kumara to Kumara Junction is open with
one lane sections.
SH6 north of
Greymouth
The highway north of Greymouth between
Barrytown and Westport was opened earlier today.
Lewis Pass, SH7 via Waipara and Reefton –
open
The Lewis Pass is the
link between Canterbury and the West Coast currently.
Westland District Council Civil Defence
updates:
https://www.westlanddc.govt.nz/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/westlanddistrictcouncil/
West Coast Regional Council rainfall and river
data:
https://www.wcrc.govt.nz/our-region/river-level-and-rainfall/Pages/default.aspx
http://data.wcrc.govt.nz/cgi-bin/HydWebServer.cgi
MetService: https://www.metservice.com/warnings/severe-weather-warnings
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