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Roading update No 1
Monday, 7 February 2011Several roads around the Southland District will remain closed overnight after being flooded by rising rivers. Southland District Council maintenance contractors will continue to check roads and are putting warning signs out, but please be careful and drive to the conditions if you are travelling on roads, particularly in the Waikaia and Lower Mataura catchments. Roads that are closed by flooding in the Southland District are:
Waikaka area
Pyramid-Waiparu Road CLOSED
Winding Creek Road CLOSED
Riversdale-Waikaia Road CLOSED
Lower Mataura catchment
Waiarikiki Road CLOSED
Roads affected by surface flooding are:
Wyndham Valley Road, marginal, flooding signs out
Tokanui Gorge Road, surface flooding from blocked culvert
Fraser Road, surface flooding
Mataura Island-Titiroa Road, surface flooding
Counsell Road, Makarewa, surface flooding
Hedgehope-Rakahouka Road, surface flooding
For details on State Highways please contact Opus.
This is the final update for today - further updates will be made tomorrow (Tuesday).
