Grey Base overbridge to close temporarily
The overbridge connecting the main street of Greymouth with the Grey Base Hospital will be closed for five days from
Monday 26 February to Friday 2 March to allow for the installation of in-ground services.
The overbridge was closed in January this year to connect pipes between the new Grey health facilities site and the new
boilerhouse site.
“Unfortunately we could not complete this work at the same time, so a second closure is necessary. We recognise the
closure of the road and pedestrian access will be an inconvenience for people, and we apologise for that,” Director
Facilities Development Mark Newsome says.
From 2 March to 9 March, the overbridge will be reopened, but people will not be able to access the patient and visitor
car parking to the right of the bridge.
During the closure, people can use one of two Waterwalk Road entrances to access the hospital campus. There is an
entrance between the new building site and Mitre 10. The 10km/hour road will take patients and visitors to car parking
outside the North-Eastern side of the current facility.
Access to the emergency department, main entrance and stores/supplies, plus further general car parking around the
remainder of the site can be accessed from the Waterwalk Road entrance across the road from the helicopter, search and
rescue and St John bases. The speed restriction for this side of the hospital campus is 20km/hour.
“We appreciate people’s patience with these changes. The entrances will be well sign-posted with detour signage all
along the road between the New World and the railway line.”
ENDS