Below is a list of planned roadwork sites on Southland state highways next week where you may experience delays.

** Partial road closure for event on Saturday 16^th November, 7am – 5pm, SH6 Great North Road, for the northbound lanes only. 

Detour for light vehicles via Bute/Park/Grange Streets. Heavy vehicle detour via Gap Rd West/Winton Substation Rd/Winton Wreys Bush highway.

Highways South work with temporary traffic lights and temporary speed limits:

• • SH6 Jollies hill, digouts/pavement renewal
  • SH93 Old Coach Road near Hurst Road, pavement repair               
  • SH93 Old Coach Road east of Hurst Road, pavement repair          
  • SH93 Old Coach Road near Waikana Road, pavement repair        
  • SH93 Old Coach Road east of Jeff Road, pavement repair              
  • SH94 near Balfour, pavement renewal
  • SH94 west of Mossburn, pavement renewal
  • SH96 Winton-Hedgehope highway near Norman Road, pavement repair
  • SH96 Winton-Hedgehope highway at Browns, pavement repair 
  • SH96 Winton-Wreys Bush highway from Transmission Line Road to Bayswater Road, pavement repair     
  • SH98 Lorne Dacre Road near Kennington-Roslyn Bush Road, pavement repair     

Roadmarking - There will also be a team completing roadmarking on SH1 between Edendale & Bluff, working under mobile traffic management.

Third party work and events with traffic management in place this week:

• • SH1 Gore St Bluff, lane shift for pole replacement
  • SH1 Bluff Highway at Ocean Beach, stop/go for powerline work
  • SH1 Clyde St Invercargill, lane drop for watermain Renewal
  • SH1 Clyde St Invercargill, lane drop for replacement of foul sewer
  • SH1 Tay St Invercargill, westbound lane drop and turning restrictions at Nith St for watermain Renewal
  • SH6 Dee St Invercargill, southbound lane drop for watermain renewal (nightworks)
  • SH6 Dee St at Leet St Invercargill, lane drop and detour for open trenching
  • SH6 Great North Road Winton, northbound lanes closure with detour for event **Saturday 16^th only – see above
  • SH97 Mossburn, stop/go for powerline maintenance
  • SH99 Wrights Bush, stop/go for trenching

Upcoming work/events

• • Mid-Late November, SH1 Clyde St at Tweed St roundabout, watermain work with roundabout access restrictions
  • Late November, SH99 Lorneville overbridge, pavement renewal
  • Late November, SH1 Bluff highway, digouts
  • 30^th November - Invercargill Santa Parade, SH6 Dee St closure
  • 8^th December - Gore Christmas Parade, SH1 Main St closure
  • 24^th December - Riverton Santa Parade, SH99 Palmerston St closure
  • January/February – SH1/SH6 inner city Invercargill asphalt renewal
  • January – SH6 Jollies hill, pavement renewal
  • January – SH96 Glencoe, pavement renewal
  • February – SH1 Bluff highway, pavement renewal
  • February – SH99 Tuatapere, pavement renewal

 Useful links:

• • NZTA Journeys website - https://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/journey-planner
  • Freight Impact Register - https://www.nzta.govt.nz/commercial-driving/trucks-and-tow-trucks/potential-restrictions-affecting-freight/ - download and filter the region for ‘Southland’. This will indicate any upcoming work in the next fortnight which have closures, detours or width restrictions for freight.

Thanks for following the traffic management on our worksites, both when teams are working and when the sites are unattended, for the safety of our crew, other road users and to protect the road surface.