Major changes to Tucker Beach Road intersection
Work to improve safety at the busy SH6/Tucker Beach Road intersection near Queenstown’s Frankton is now underway. As a result, there will be temporary changes to managing traffic through the construction site which will affect people living in or visiting Quail Rise and Tucker Beach Road.
There will be a loop detour in each direction to get back to Frankton and Queenstown on SH6 from Tucker Beach Road and to get onto Tucker Beach Road from the Shotover River side from Monday, 1 October. Tucker Beach Road will be left in, and left out only for eight to ten weeks into early December. This traffic plan will be reviewed after four weeks for opportunities to reduce the duration of the turning restrictions.
This $6.4 million NZ Transport Agency Tucker Beach Road project (external link) features a safety underpass below SH6 at the Shotover River Bridge. It then links to a slip road for Tucker Beach Road traffic going west toward Frankton or Queenstown. At the moment, a right-hand turn across two lanes of highway traffic is needed to make this journey.
Temporary traffic management will be in place for eight to ten weeks from Monday, 1 October, and will be needed on occasions over the seven month life of this project to ensure everyone’s safety - road users and construction crew.
The full project will be completed in April or early May, although the new highway slip road west to Frankton could be available from March.
More information about this project is available here.
Image: Tucker Beach Road and SH6 intersection, looking towards the Shotover River via NZTA
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