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Thirsty Culvert not thirsty anymore
3 February 2020
West Coast and Milford road update,
SH6 and SH94 - Thirsty Culvert not thirsty
anymore
The highway between Fox Glacier township and Haast in South Westland will reopen at 9.30 am today after rain washed out a culvert at Thirsty Culvert (which runs over Stoney Creek) late yesterday, after 5 pm.
• (There is footage of the crews starting to clear this culvert yesterday on the West Coast Civil Defence Facebook page.)
• West Coast rainfall links: https://www.wcrc.govt.nz/services/river-heights-rainfall
Milford road staying closed Monday/today and
into Tuesday morning
Due to flooding in the
south of the South Island, SH94 Milford Rd is expected to
remain closed all day Monday as heavy rain is forecast to
keep falling. The next update for this road will be 1 pm
Tuesday, 4 February.
SH94 (Milford Road) is closed between Cascade Creek and West Gate (the Chasm).
Plan ahead for a safe, enjoyable journey. Keep
up to date with:
• Traffic updates: nzta.govt.nz/traffic
• Facebook: facebook.com/NZTAsouthisland
• Twitter
Canterbury/West Coast: twitter.com/NZTA/CWC
• Twitter
Otago/Southland: twitter.com/NZTAOS
• Journey
planner: journeys.nzta.govt.nz
• Phone: 0800
4 HIGHWAYS (0800 44 44
49)
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