Wairau Valley travellers: Roadworks underway until December
The NZ Transport Agency advises drivers to allow extra time for their journeys along the Wairau Valley Highway, SH63, in Tasman District, from next week into early December.
Road repairs will be underway from the Korere/Tophouse Rd intersection to St Arnaud village from Monday, 29 October to the first week in December. There will be minor delays with speed restrictions and Stop/Go traffic management in place.
With the start of the summer road
construction season, upgrading and strengthening works are
being undertaken on three sections of the highway for more
comfortable and safe travel.
“With the
reopening of SH1 through Kaikōura, traffic volumes on this
route are largely back to pre-Kaikōura earthquake levels,
but providing a safe and resilient alternate route to SH1
remains a high priority for the Transport Agency,” says
Transport Agency Top of South System Manager Frank Porter.
“The warmer and drier spring and summer months is the
only time we can reliably undertake this work in this alpine
environment. We encourage travellers to be aware of road
workers and to follow temporary speed restrictions through
work sites to keep everyone safe,” he says.
“Keeping
your speed down where sealing work is underway or has just
been completed not only helps to settle in the new road
surface, it will also prevent stone chips flying into
windscreens and protect our crews.”
Drivers
can get real time information from:
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The Transport Agency’s Journey Planner website which includes
interactive maps, work sites and area warnings, as well as a
range of live camera feeds showing the state of
traffic across the highway network: https://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz
http://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/traffic-and-travel-information/traffic-cameras
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0800 4 HIGHWAYS (0800 44 44 49)
• http://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/traffic
• Follow the Transport Agency South Island
updates on social media: https://www.facebook.com/nztasouthisland/
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Top of the South twitter: https://twitter.com/NZTATotS