Questions over future of West Coast's SH6 if Alpine Fault quake hits
The West Coast part of State Highway 6 may not be worth saving after the predicted large Alpine Fault earthquake, an engineering geologist warns.
But if a decision is made post-quake to keep the highway open, the NZ Transport Agency will need a much larger operating budget, University of Canterbury geologist David Bell says.
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