Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Drivers are reminded to allow extra time travelling on SH1 through Timaru over the next few months as work starts on a new Timaru District Council watermain near the Showgrounds on Monday, 17 February.
Evans St, between Grants Road and Waimataitai Street, is the area affected. (See map below). The watermain replacement work is expected to run into winter (May/June) and is weather dependent.
Work hours will be 7.30 am to 6 pm.
“There will be reduced lane widths and 30km/h temporary speed limits in the area which are likely to cause additional congestion and queue lengths especially at peak travel times,” says Chris Chambers, Maintenance Contract Manager South Canterbury, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
“Drivers should plan ahead and consider alternative routes if they want to avoid delays,” he says.
More road work coming from NZTA, early March
Early in March, NZTA will begin resurfacing a section of SH1 Evans St between Beverley Road and Te Weka St, south of the watermain works.
“We know that these multiple worksites will cause delays through Timaru,” says Mr Chambers. “But we are also pleased to be getting these road improvements underway after several years of patching and holding repairs.”
To help ease the pressure please build extra time into your travel and avoid roadworks sites during peak times if you can, he says.
Updates here: https://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/highway-conditions/canterbury/roadworks/497319(external link)
