New flexible wire safety barriers installed on SH1 between Ohoka Road and Tram Road.

SH1 Cam River to Tram Road Safety Improvements Project wraps up

Kia ora,

We’re very pleased to report that the new safety barriers between the Cam River and Tram Road, and related works such as road widening and the upgrade of the Ohoka Road off-ramp, are now completed.

Looking north from Lineside Road, where resealing on SH1 will take place at the end of 2022.

Future work

At the end of this year, you’ll see our contractor return to the section of highway between the Lineside Road (SH71) overpass and the Cam River, to carry out scheduled re-sealing work.

This work is likely to be carried out at less busy times during the day or evening.  We’ll alert people to any traffic diversions or changes to the road layout in advance, via electronic message boards in the area and the Waka Kotahi South Island Facebook page.

For any non-urgent queries about work in North Canterbury you can continue to email the project team on safetynorthcanterbury@nzta.govt.nz

You can also encourage any friends, family or workmates to subscribe to updates or find out more about our work in North Canterbury on SH1 online at www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/sh1-north-canterbury-corridor/

Barrier repairs

If you’ve been driving along this stretch of highway, you may have seen that in some places the barriers have already been hit. Our contractor has repaired these sections, and will repair any others that occur, at night when traffic volumes are lower. 

When collisions have taken place and orange cones have been placed in the median, please take care driving past and if you need to report debris on the highway, you can contact us on 0800 4 HIGHWAYS (0800 44 44 49).

Thank You

Again, we acknowledge the patience and cooperation of drivers and nearby residents over the last nine months while construction was underway between the Cam River and Tram Road.

We have also appreciated the feedback that we’ve received during this time – the information has helped us, and our contractor HEB Construction, to improve work methods for future projects.

Ngā mihi (Kind regards),

The Project Team

More information

For more information on the SH1 North Canterbury Corridor projects, contact us at safetynorthcanterbury@nzta.govt.nz

Visit our website www.nzta.govt.nz/sh1-north-canterbury-corridor