Afternoon all, below is a list of planned roadworks on Southland state highways next week where you may experience delays. 

Another road renewal will be starting mid-next week on SH6 in Centre Bush.

The renewal works on SH6 at Lowther and SH99 near Wallacetown continue.

Please observe the speed limits on these sites, both when crew are working and when the sites are unattended, for the safety of our crew, other road users and to protect the road surface.

Thanks for your patience.

The upcoming work section at the bottom of this email indicates planned work in the coming months.

Highways South work with traffic management in place (all with temporary traffic lights and temporary speed limits):

• • SH1 Gore-Mataura highway south of Gore airfield, bridge clearing work
  • SH6 Centre Bush, pavement renewal work *ongoing for 5-6 weeks
  • SH6 Lowther, pavement renewal work *ongoing for 5-6 weeks. Road closure from 30 September to 7 October, 6.30am-6.30pm (open overnight)
  • SH6 Lumsden-Dipton highway north of Caroline, test pits
  • SH93 Old Coach Road near Hurst Road, test pits
  • SH93 Old Coach Road between Three Stones Road and Old Manse Road, bridge clearing work
  • SH93 Old Coach Road near Jeff Road, bridge clearing work
  • SH93 Old Coach Road near Dodds Road, bridge clearing work
  • SH93 Old Coach Road near Slopedown School Road, test pits
  • SH93 Kana St near Doctors Road, bridge clearing work
  • SH94 Waimea highway near Monaghan road, test pits
  • SH94 Waimea highway between Fingerpost-Pyramid Road and Riversdale, drainage
  • SH94 Te Anau Mossburn highway near Red Tussock Conservation area, slip repairs
  • SH96 Glencoe highway near Glencoe, test pits
  • SH96 Ohai-Nightcaps highway near Ohai, test pits
  • SH99 Riverton-Wallacetown highway west of Wallacetown, pavement renewal work *ongoing for 4-5 weeks

Third party work and events with traffic management in place this week (all with temporary speed limits):

• • SH1 Jacobs Town Gore, Closure and detour of northbound SH1 lane for the removal of redundant overhead power poles, 9pm on 26^th to 2am on 27^th September.  Detour for northbound traffic via Fairfield and Irk St.  Southbound traffic on SH1 unaffected.
  • SH96 Glencoe highway at Hedgehope, stop/go for pole maintenance

Upcoming work/events

• • Early/Mid October – SH94 west of Mossburn, traffic lights and temporary speed limit for pavement renewal *continues for 5-6 weeks
  • Early/Mid October - SH94 near Balfour, traffic lights and temporary speed limit for pavement renewal *continues for 5-6 weeks
  • Mid-October - SH94 east of Mossburn, traffic lights and temporary speed limit for pavement renewal *continues for 5-6 weeks
• SH94 east of Mossburn, daytime road closure, from 4-11 November (open overnight)
• 3-9 November, Tour of Southland

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.