Repairs will allow for future adjustments to Ashburton River bridge
The bridge that severed the South Island’s main transport link will be repaired so it can be easily relevelled in future.
The State Highway 1 bridge over the Ashburton River was closed when heavy flooding caused a pier to slump three weeks ago.
Jessica McFarlane, a network manager at Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, said they hoped to close the bridge between 11pm on Monday and 4am on Tuesday to install electronic monitoring devices.
The devices would allow the bridge to be monitored remotely for movement, rather than having to be closed for monitoring to be done.
McFarlane said the agency also hoped to sufficiently smooth the dipped section of the bridge deck so the 50kmh speed limit could be restored.
At that point, it would reassess access for oversize and overweight vehicles. The repairs were due to be completed by August.
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Poll: Are speed bumps effective or just annoying?
Speed bumps are a hot topic in many neighborhoods - they aim to slow down speeding drivers, but they also impact everyone on the road. In your opinion, do you think they do the trick or are they just an inconvenience?
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