PIGEON POST NEWS, RICHMOND, TASMAN.

Coming up the latest Nelson/Tasman state highway roadworks update and details of roadworks over the Christmas and New Year period

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Tākaka Hill - Someone is asking “what’s happening with the closures on the hill?”

INFORMATION ABOUT SH60 Tākaka Hill NIGHT CLOSURES

Tākaka Hill Night closures will be in place from Sunday 30 November to Friday 19 December between 8pm and 5:30am (Sunday to Thursday nights). 

There will be one opening every night for traffic queued on each side of the hill. 

Traffic must be queued at the Aaron Creek Road closure point by 12:30am or at the Riwaka Valley Road closure point by 1am.

This work is completed each year to ensure the highway’s road surface is maintained and kept in a good state of repair. 

The intention is to complete the work, along with ongoing storm recovery repairs, to allow the road to reopen to two lanes before the busy summer holidays period.

Night closures in summary:

• Sunday, 30 November to Friday, 19 December. 8 pm and 5:30 am (no work on Friday or Saturday nights).
• SH60 CLOSED between Riwaka Valley Road, Riwaka and Aaron Creek Road, Upper Tākaka.
• The road will open once each night for traffic at two road closure points.
• Vehicles travelling over the hill need to be at the Aaron Creek Road closure point by 12:30 am or at the Riwaka Valley Road closure point by 1 am.
• Outside of the closure times, stop/go traffic management will remain in place as recovery work continues. Expect delays of up to 20 minutes.
• Access will be available for emergency services

Ray Therkleson

Pigeon Post News, Richmond.