Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is reconstructing the Tucker Beach Road intersection near the Shotover River towards the end of January.
The SH6 milling and asphalting will be completed out at night over a fortnight – Sunday, 26 January to Thursday, 6 February, 8 pm to 6 am – to minimise daytime delays and disruptions.
- Crews will be working Sunday – Thursday nights with Friday and Saturday nights off. Work is weather dependent so if it rains, it will be pushed out for that night.
- Please take care around crews and factor in up to ten minutes for the Stop/Go operations.
To be followed by…
Soon after work will start on the Humphrey St intersection, near the Kawarau River, from Sunday, 9 February, to Friday, 21 February also for a fortnight overnight – 8 pm to 6 am.
Given the residential housing in this area, crews will be doing their best to reduce any vibrations or noise. The road pavement in this area has now reached the end of its serviceable life and given the increasing traffic volumes on this section of SH6, the new pavement mix will be stronger than the existing material, says Peter Standring, Maintenance Contract Manager for NZTA in Central Otago.
- Crews will be working Sunday – Thursday nights with Friday and Saturday nights off. Work is weather dependent so if it rains, it will be pushed out for that night. Drivers will need to factor in some extra time for the stop/go operation. The site will operate under a reduced 30 km/h during the daytime.
NZTA thanks all wider Queenstown drivers for their patience while these worn-out pieces of highway are replaced, and work continues at the entrance to the town.
Work around the Frankton Roundabout
Meanwhile the work to improve connectability and access in and out of Queenstown at the SH6 and SH6A Frankton roundabout continues apace with some nights needed for night work to minimise daytime disruptions.
- SH6 Kawarau Road one night of work ahead of stormwater upgrades:
- Tuesday 14 January, 10 pm to Wednesday morning, 15 January, 5.30 am between the roundabout and the Frankton Bus Hub.
- SH6 Frankton-Ladies Mile Highway, 13 nights of work:
- Sunday, 19 January to Friday 31 January between Grant Road and the Frankton Roundabout (no work on Friday or Saturday nights) 10 pm – 5.30 am at night.
- This work involves almost a kilometre of road marking on Frankton Road and removing all the power lines and poles on that stretch of highway, with two hundred road cones no longer needed once it is done.
