Nelson/Tasman state highway planned roadworks

Saturday 28 February to Friday 6 March 2026

27 February 2026

Road rebuilding on State Highway 6 Newton Flat in the Upper Buller Gorge

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Welcome to the latest Nelson/Tasman state highway planned roadworks update.

This weekly newsletter will keep you informed about what’s happening across the region’s state highways so you can plan ahead.

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The information outlined below is current as at 3pm on 27/2/2026.

SH6 Nelson to Greymouth

SH6 Whakatu Drive

Line marking works will take place overnight on Wednesday 4 March and Thursday 5 March, finishing in the early morning on Friday 6 March. Crews will work between Annesbrook Drive and Salisbury Road Extension from 10pm to 4am. A 30km/h temporary speed limit and traffic management will be in place during work hours. Expect delays of up to 15 minutes.

SH6 Brightwater

Night time road rebuilding work on SH6 in Brightwater continues until Thursday 12 March (no work on Friday or Saturday nights). Crews are rebuilding just over 550 metres of State Highway 6 between Factory Road and the Brightwater Deviation. Work is being carried out under stop/go traffic management from 8pm to 5:30am, Sunday to Thursday nights. A reduced temporary speed limit is in place 24/7 until the work is completed. Expect delays of up to 15 minutes when travelling through the work site.

At times, entry to, and exit from, State Highway 6 onto side roads within the work site will be closed and short detours will be in place. This is necessary to ensure the safety of our contractors and all road users as we complete the road rebuild. Please follow the directions of traffic management staff onsite.

Read our traffic bulletin for more information.

SH6 Whitby Road, Wakefield

Crews will dig test pits for future resealing work overnight from Sunday 1 March to the morning of Thursday 5 March. Stop/go traffic management and a 30km/h temporary speed limit will be in place each night between 7pm and 5am. Expect delays of up to 15 minutes. Please take care outside work hours as the surface may be uneven.

SH6 Korere

Road rebuild work originally scheduled for completion on Friday 20 February has been delayed due to wet weather.

Crews sealed the site yesterday, Thursday 26 February, and will return to sweep the road and reinstate line marking on Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 March. A 50km/h temporary speed limit remains in place until Wednesday 4 March when work at this site is completed. 

SH6 Granity Narrows and O'Sullivan's Junction

Crews continue with resilience work to help prevent rockfalls at Granity Narrows and O'Sullivan's Junction. Work at each site is being carried out Monday to Friday between 7am and 5pm, however stop/go traffic management and a 30km/h temporary speed limit is in place 24/7 due to the narrowness of the road. Plan ahead for delays of up to 15 minutes at each site.

SH6 Upper and Lower Buller Gorge

SH6 Upper Buller Gorge, Newton Flat

Road surface reconstruction is underway now until Friday 6 March, between 7am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. Stop/go traffic management is in place, with a temporary speed limit of 30km/h during working hours. Temporary speed restrictions remain outside work hours due to an uneven surface.

SH63 Kawatiri Junction to Renwick

SH63 between St Arnaud and Kawatiri Junction

Road rebuilding work at this site near Howard Valley Road begins on Monday 2 March. Crews will operate Monday to Friday between 7am and 5pm (no work will be carried out during the weekends). Stop/go traffic management and a 30km/h temporary speed limit is in place during work hours. After hours, a temporary speed limit remains in place due to the uneven road surface. Expect delays of up to 15 minutes. This work is scheduled to be completed on Tuesday 31 March.

SH63 Wairau Valley, near the Wash Bridge

Pre-seal work will be underway from Monday 2 March until Saturday 7 March between 7am and 6pm. Stop/go traffic management and a reduced temporary speed limit will be in place. Expect delays of up to 5 minutes during work hours.

SH6 Nelson to Blenheim

SH6 Mahers Road 

Work is underway to rebuild a 500-metre section of the highway about 5km north of Renwick. Work is being carried out Mondays to Fridays, from 7am to 6pm, however traffic lights are operating 24/7 while work to widen the left-hand turn bay into Mahers Road is carried out. A 30km/h temporary speed limit also applies at all times. Expect delays of up to 10 minutes. This work is scheduled to be completed by Friday 20 March.

SH6 near Woodbourne

Chipsealing will take place on the evening of Friday 6 March from 2am until 8am on Middle Renwick Road between St Leonards Road and Jacksons Road. Stop/go traffic management and a 30km/h temporary speed limit will be in place. Expect delays of up to 10 minutes.

SH60 Nelson to Golden Bay

SH60 Tākaka Hill 

While crews have largely finished work that will impact road users travelling over Tākaka Hill, intermittent stop/go traffic management and a temporary speed limit of 30km/h may apply at various times through until late April for safety reasons. The majority of the time the road will be open to two lanes of traffic as we complete work below the road.

More information

Please be aware that there may be other less disruptive state highway works not listed in this newsletter. 

All work is subject to weather and other unforeseen circumstances. In the event of unsuitable conditions, work will be rescheduled to the next suitable workday.

For more information on the Nelson/Tasman state highway maintenance programme, contact us at Nelson-Tasmanmaintenance@nzta.govt.nz

Visit our website www.nzta.govt.nz/sh-maintenance-programme/nelson-tasman

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