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State Highway 6 closure, South Westland, due to a slip
State Highway 6 closure, South Westland, due to a slip
The NZ Transport Agency advises that State Highway 6 is closed at South Westland’s Jamie Creek, near Lake Paringa, between Haast and Fox Glacier, by a washout.
The information came through early this afternoon. There is no cell coverage in the area.
Contractors are on site and hope to have the road open again by 6pm tonight. There are also rocks on the road at Potters Creek, 2 km north of Lake Paringa.
Drivers
should check the Transport Agency’s traffic and travel map or the social
media sites (below) for updates on when this highway will
reopen.
• NZ Transport Agency's travel
and traffic page here.
• Otago
Southland Transport Agency Twitter updates and Canterbury West Coast Twitter
updates
• Transport Agency Facebook South Island
• Call
0800 4 HIGHWAYS 0800 44 44
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