Press Release – NZ Transport Agency Jun 1, 2021 Flooding update Canterbury and Ashburton River/ Hakatere Bridge, SH1 reopening 10 pm tonight for light traffic Ashburton River/ Hakatere Bridge The Ashburton River/ Hakatere Bridge on SH1 reopens for light traffic at 10 pm tonight, 1 June. …
Jun 1, 2021
Ashburton River/ Hakatere Bridge
The Ashburton River/ Hakatere Bridge on SH1 reopens for light traffic at 10 pm tonight, 1 June. The bridge will have two-way traffic, restricted to 30 km/ hour in each direction.
The bridge was closed this morning after drivers reported slumping on the deck at the Ashburton end. This evening it was load tested using a crane and 14 tonne weights by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
Ashburton River/
Hakatere Bridge
The Ashburton River/ Hakatere Bridge
on SH1 reopens for light traffic at 10 pm tonight, 1 June.
The bridge will have two-way traffic, restricted to 30 km/
hour in each direction.
The bridge was closed this
morning after drivers reported slumping on the deck at the
Ashburton end. This evening it was load tested using a crane
and 14 tonne weights by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport
Agency.
“The damaged pier, which sunk around 150mm
during the recent one-in-100-year floods, is stable, based
on the monitoring data received tonight,” says Pete
Connors, System Manager for Waka Kotahi.
“Based on
these results under load testing pressure each lane, the
Stuff reporters13:03, May 31 2021
KAREN CHAPPELL
High flood waters on the Waimakariri River after heavy rain in the Canterbury region.
Two state highways hit by severe flooding in Canterbury are not expected to reopen for at least another day as heavy rain and flooding continues to batter the region. The rain is expected to start easing on Monday and clear on Tuesday, but deep flooding on State Highway 1 from the Waikirikiri/Selwyn River near Dunsandel, south of Christchurch, meant the road was unlikely to reopen for another day. “In North Canterbury, rain is continuing and we have a number of areas we need to assess, for example SH73, Porter’s Pass to the West Coast, which will remain closed,” Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency journey manager Tresca Forrester said.