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State Highway 6 through Wakefield closes
State Highway 6 through Wakefield closes as
residents evacuated due to fire risk
With the Nelson and Tasman Civil Defence
Emergency Operations team decision to evacuate more streets
in Wakefield, State Highway 6 which runs through the town is
being closed for the safety of all road users.
“People will be able to leave the town but not enter State Highway 6 to get to Wakefield,” says NZ Transport Agency System Manager Frank Porter.
Northbound traffic will be stopped at Kohatu on the south side and Robinsons Road, and just south of Brightwater for southbound traffic. (Kohatu, near Motupiko, is at the intersection to the Tapawera road through to Motueka.)
• A detour
will be put in place via Motueka on the inland
highway.
“The NZ Transport Agency’s highway
maintenance contractors are working closely with the
Emergency Operations Centre and Police to assist with the
coordination and staffing of the state highway closures,”
says Mr Porter.
http://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/traffic/regions/10 (this map is due to be updated shortly to show the full closure)
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