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

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

• • SH1 Gore-Mataura highway between Cardigan Bay Road and Charlton Siding Road, temporary traffic lights for drainage work
  • SH6 North Road between Bainfield Road and West Plains Road (northbound), lane drop for pavement repairs **multiple locations
  • SH6 Centre Bush, temporary traffic lights for pavement renewal work *ongoing until late next week
  • SH93 near Heaps Road Ferndale, stop/go for culvert work
  • SH94 east of Mossburn, temporary traffic lights for pavement renewal work *ongoing for 5-6 weeks
  • SH94 west of Mossburn, temporary traffic lights for pavement renewal work *ongoing for 4-5 weeks
  • SH94 Te Anau-Mossburn highway at The Key, temporary traffic lights for culvert investigation
  • SH99 Wallacetown-Lorneville Road east of Wallacetown, temporary traffic lights for pavement repairs

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

• • SH1 Clyde St Invercargill, lane drop for watermains work
  • SH1 Tay St Invercargill, lane drop for trenching
  • SH1 Dacre, stop/go for tree maintenance
  • SH6 Dee St Invercargill inner city, lane drop for power pole maintenance
  • SH6 Dee St Invercargill, lane drop for replacing counting loops
  • SH6 North Road (southbound), lane drop for power pole work
  • SH6 north of Lorneville, lane drop for pavement repairs
  • SH96 near Glencoe, stop/go for power pole replacement
  • SH96 near Hedgehope, stop/go for power pole maintenance
  • SH99 Riverton, stop/go for seal widening
  • SH99 near Colac Bay, stop/go for vehicle crossing
  • SH99 near Tihaka, stop/go for power pole replacement

Please observe the speed limits 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. 

Upcoming work/events

• Mid-late October – SH94 west of Balfour, traffic lights and temporary speed limit for pavement renewal *continues for 2-3 weeks
  • 3-9 November, Tour of Southland
  • Early to mid-November, SH6 at the Jollies Hill north of Five Rivers, traffic lights and temporary speed limit for pavement renewal *continues for 4-5 weeks
  • Late November, SH99 Lorneville overbridge, 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.