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Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has awarded a $5million contract to build a four-leg roundabout to increase safety and reduce crashes at the Elles Road/ State Highway 1 (SH1) intersection in south Invercargill, with work getting underway in early January.
The intersection has been identified as high-risk due to the number and frequency of crashes. The contract has been awarded to Fulton Hogan.
Waka Kotahi Senior Project Manager Jason Forbes says 200 metres south of this intersection is Lake Street, which provides access to an industrial site that is attracting increasing numbers of large trucks. This traffic growth means this intersection needed upgrading, so it made sense to improve safety at the SH1 and Elles Road intersection and Lake Street access at the same time.