Good morning. Scheduled upcoming works in Southland district include:

WATER SHUTDOWNS

86 Milton Street, Riverton

Water will be shut down on either Tuesday 14 or Wednesday 15 October 2025. This is to make a repair at 86 Milton Street, Riverton. Properties affected are 35-122 Milton Street.

Please expect interruptions between 9am and 2pm. This timeframe is an indication only. Water supply will be resumed without further notification.

Quintin Drive, Te Anau

Water will be shut down on either Tuesday 14 or Wednesday 15 October. This is to make a repair in the Quintin Drive area. Properties affected are 8 Mokoroa Street, 58 Lakefront Drive, and 4-37 Quintin Drive. Please expect interruptions between 10am and 4pm. This timeframe is an indication only. Water supply will be resumed without further notification.

Manapōuri

Water will be shut down on Tuesday 16 October. This is to make a repair on the water reticulation network. Properties affected are all Waiau Street, Home Street, Murrell Avenue, View Street, and all Motu-au Close. Please expect interruptions between 10am and 4am. Contractors are doing the work overnight to minimise disruption and inconvenience. This timeframe is an indication only. Water supply will be resumed without further notification.

129 Te Anau Milford Highway

There will be a water shutdown for Te Anau Milford Highway on Tuesday 21 October 2025. This is to make repair on the reticulation network. This will affect 129 Te Anau Milford Highway, all Patience Bay, Murchison Avenue, and Kiwi Burn Place. Please expect interruptions between 10am and 2pm. This timeframe is an indication only. Water supply will be resumed without further notification.

ROAD CLOSURES

Mair Road, Curio Bay

Closing Mair Road from Waikawa Curio Bay Road to through traffic between 8am and 8pm on Monday 20 October. The work is weather dependent, and the closure duration may need to be extended. The road will be reopened overnight. The closure is to install a culvert. As this is a no-exit road no detour is available and, given the nature of the work and limited access to the road above this point, once the contractor is on site the road will remain closed until the work has been completed and the road is reinstated.

Winton Open Day

Council proposes to close Meldrum Street and Wemyss Street from Park Street to Great North Rd (State Highway 6) to all traffic from 7am until 5pm on Saturday 15 November 2025. Through traffic along Great North Rd (SH6) from Bute Street to Winton New World and Brandon Street from Park Street to Great North Road can also expect a temporary closure between the hours of 2.30pm and 3.30pm. The closure is for the Winton Open Day. A detour for light vehicles will be available via Grange Street, Park Street and Bute Street. A detour for heavy vehicles will be available via Gap Road West, Winton Substation Road and Winton Wreys Bush Highway (SH96). Any person objecting to the proposal should lodge notice at the office of Southland District Council at 15 Forth Street, Invercargill, or 2 Wemyss St, Winton, of his/her objection and grounds thereof in writing before 5pm on 7 November 2025.

Waghorn Road remains closed as the Waituna lagoon bridge is still under water. It will continue to be inspected a couple of times a week.

 Photo: Southland District Council

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STATE HIGHWAYS (Highways South)

It is now road construction season. There are a lot of worksites with traffic management. Contractors appreciate your patience at these sites.

Highways South work with temporary traffic lights or stop/go and temporary speed limits in the district this week (weather dependent).

Highways South work with delays and temporary speed limits in the district this week:

• SH1 Woodlands-Invercargill highway at Mona Bush Road, pavement repairs
• SH1 Main Street, Mataura, between Glencoe highway and Bridge Street, test pits
• SH6 Winton-Lorneville highway between Wilson Crossing and Makarewa, surface repairs
• SH94 Te Anau-Mossburn highway at The Key, road renewal - until late November
• SH96 Winton-Wreys Bush highway at Bayswater Road, renewal of surface water channel
• SH96 Winton-Wreys Bush highway at Hundred Line Road, renewal of surface water channel
• SH96 Wreys Bush-Nightcaps highway between Wreys Bush-Mossburn Road and Lynch Road, road renewal – until late November
• SH99 Riverton-Wallacetown highway at Wallacetown, pavement repairs
• SH99 Riverton to Tuatapere, surface repairs
• SH99 Orepuki-Riverton highway south of Orepuki, pavement repairs
• SH99 Orepuki-Riverton highway south of Orepuki, renewal of surface water channel

Third-party work and events with traffic management in the district this week:

• SH6 Dipton-Winton highway at Ladbrook Road, stop/go

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.

To get notifications about road closures or water shutdowns in your area, download Antenno here: https://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/home/antenno/