A map of sites where you may experience delays on Southland state highways due to maintenance or third-party contractor work next week, can be found here, and these sites are listed below:  

** Please note SH1 East Road will be closed from Mill Road North to Racecourse Road (in both directions) from 9am – 4pm on Wednesday 3rd, Thursday 4th, and Friday 5th September for helicopter powerline stringing. This is weather dependent, so may be postponed in the event of poor weather.

Detour via Mill Road North/Findlay Road/Racecourse Road for all vehicles.

Highways South work with temporary speed limits this week:

• SH1 Bluff highway between Clifton and Motu Rimu Road, traffic lights for flanking/drainage work for upcoming road renewal
• SH1 East Road, culvert replacement, stop/go
• SH93 Old Coach Road between Slopedown School Road and Hurst Road, traffic lights for flanking/drainage work for upcoming road renewal
• SH94 Te Anau-Mossburn highway at The Key, traffic lights for flanking/drainage work for upcoming road renewal
• SH96 Glencoe highway at Hedgehope, traffic lights for drainage work
• SH96 Wreys Bush-Nightcaps highway between Wreys Bush-Mossburn Road and Lynch Road, traffic lights for flanking/drainage work for upcoming road renewal.

There will also be work happening at the below intersections from Sunday to Thursday evenings (7pm – 4am):

Monday - Troopers Memorial Roundabout and Gala Street/Dee Street intersection, turning restrictions

Tuesday - Queens Drive/Tay Street intersection, turning restrictions

Wednesday - Queens Drive/Tay Street intersection, turning restrictions

Thursday – contingency date

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

• SH1 Woodlands-Invercargill highway at Longbush, stop/go for powerline maintenance
• SH1 East Road daytime closure, 9am – 4pm from 3rd – 5th September for helicopter work *weather permitting
• SH98 Lorne Dacre Road, stop/stop for tree felling
• SH94 Te Anau Mossburn highway at Hillside, stop/stop for tree felling

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.