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Road users should allow extra time for their journeys due to upcoming road rebuild works on State Highway 1 at Mangamuka, north of Mangamuka School Road.

Work is scheduled to start Monday 9 November and is expected to take 4 weeks, weather permitting. 

Between 7am and 6pm weekdays, contractors will be rebuilding the road and installing new drainage to improve this section of highway under stop/go traffic management. Some Saturday works may be required as wet weather contingency.

Drivers should allow up...

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Summer is on the way and so too is annual chipsealing work for State Highway 60 Tākaka Hill. 

Every year before the Christmas and New Year holidays, contractors carry out resurfacing work on the route to ensure it is in tip-top shape for holiday traffic.  

Rob Service, Area Manager Nelson/Tasman, says this year is no different with three daytime closures planned for late November.

“This year’s programme will have less impact than last year’s. Last year we had flood repairs and resilience works und...