South Island Road Report

Canterbury state highway speed management

Kia ora

Following the government announcement yesterday, we’re emailing you about proposed changes to some highway speed limits. These changes are required by the government’s Setting of Speed Limits Rule 2024 (the Rule). The Rule legalises the government’s expectation that speed limits on New Zealand’s roads are managed to support economic growth, boost productivity and enable people to get to where they are going quickly and safely.

Consultation is Open

Consultation is open on 4 proposed state highway speed limit reduction reversals in the Canterbury region.

This consultation is to check if people want to keep existing 80km/h speed limits, instead of seeing them reverse to their previous 100km/h speed limits by 1 July 2025.

SH1 South of Woodend
SH1 South of Templeton
SH1 North of Rakaia
SH1 South of Glenavy.

Consultation is open for 6 weeks and closes 13 March 2025.

Have your say

Consultations are grouped by region on our website. Kiwis tend to travel all over the country and for different reasons, so we encourage you to have a look at all the proposals.

Have your say by using the short surveys on our website:

nzta.govt.nz/speed-consultation

We look forward to receiving your feedback.

Highways South work with temporary traffic lights or stop/go and temporary speed limits this week:

  • SH1 Bluff highway at Awarua for pavement renewal
  • SH1 Tay St between Kelvin and Deveron St, eastbound closure from 6pm – 6am Sunday 23rd Feb for asphalt renewal
  • SH6 Winton-Lorneville highway at Counsell Road for pavement repairs
  • SH6 Winton-Lorneville highway at Branxholme-Makarewa Road for pavement repairs
  • SH6 Winton-Lorneville highway at Flora Road for pavement repairs
  • SH94 Milford Road in Te Anau for chipseal resurfacing
  • SH94 Te Anau Mossburn highway from Hillside-Manapouri Road to Wilderness Road for chipseal resurfacing
  • SH94 Te Anau Mossburn highway at The Key for chipseal resurfacing
  • SH94 Te Anau Mossburn highway at Gorge Creek for chipseal resurfacing
  • SH96 Winton-Hedgehope highway at Springhills for pavement repairs
  • SH96 Winton-Wreys Bush highway at Oreti Plains for pavement repairs
  • SH96 Winton-Wreys Bush highway between Drummond Oreti and Spar-Bush-Winton Roads for chipseal resurfacing
  • SH96 Glencoe highway at Glencoe for pavement renewal
  • SH99 Riverton-Wallacetown highway at Bickley Road for chipseal resurfacing
  • SH99 Tuatapere-Orepuki highway between McCracken’s Rest and Tuatapere surface repairs
  • SH99 Main Road Tuatapere near Jenkins Road for pavement renewal

Third party work and events with traffic management in place this week:

  • SH1 Clyde St Invercargill, lane drop for watermain work
  • SH1 Clyde St/Tweed St roundabout, lane drop for kerb and channel repairs
  • SH95 Manapouri-Te Anau highway at Manapouri, stop/go for trenching
  • SH95 Manapouri-Te Anau highway near William Stephen Road, stop/go for tree maintenance
  • SH98 Lorne Dacre Road near Lorneville, stop/go for drilling
  • SH94 Te Anau-Mossburn highway at Centre Hill, stop/go for tree felling

Upcoming work/events

  • March – SH96 at Wreys Bush, pavement renewal
  • March/April – SH99 at Lorneville, pavement renewal

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