Alerts
If you're looking for specific information relating to roads affected by the August 2022 storm event:
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Waka Kotahi planned state highway roadworks
Roads
Planned state highway roadworks.
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Kenepuru Road Night Closures
Roads
Kenepuru Road will be closed to all traffic between 6.00 pm to 6.00 am from Monday 2 to Tuesday 10 September at the following dates/locations:
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Temporary Road Closure - Riverlands
Roads
Marlborough Car Club Sealed Sprint Races
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Tirohanga and Barnes Tracks Picton - Closed
Rivers, Rainfall & Reserves
There has been a slip on the Tirohanga track and Barnes Dam track in Picton.
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State Highway 6 Whangamoa slip site now fully open
Roads
State Highway 6 Whangamoa slip site now fully open and traffic managament has been removed
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Traffic management to remain at State Highway 6 slip and rockfall site
Roads
State Highway 6 will remain at one lane under Stop/Go traffic controls and a 30 km/h temporary speed limit at the Whangamoa Hill slip site until the end of this week.
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Wharf Road, Okiwi Bay Road Closure
Roads
Wharf Road in Okiwi Bay will be closed to all traffic between 7.30 am to 4.30 pm Monday to Saturday, from Monday 2 September for approximately two weeks.
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Dalton’s Bridge Full Closure
Roads
From Monday 1 July, Dalton’s Bridge, at the western end of Kaiuma Bay Road, will be closed to all traffic to allow for bridge abutment repairs.
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Next phase of SH 6 Marlborough roundabout works about to begin
Roads
Following the successful build of the State Highway 6, Bells/St Leonards Road roundabout, construction on the next phase of the project is about to start.
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Wairau River access from Selmes Road
Rivers, Rainfall & Reserves
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Dalton’s Bridge closed to heavy vehicles
Roads
Dalton’s Bridge, at the western end of Kaiuma Bay Road just off State Highway 6, is closed to all vehicles over 3.5 tonne.
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Wairau River Toxic Algae Warning
Rivers, Rainfall & Reserves
Council is warning the public to watch out for toxic algae in the Wairau River upstream from the SH1 bridge
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Extreme fire risk in the upper Taylor River Reserve
Fire
Extreme fire risk in the upper Taylor River Reserve
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Rivers, Rainfall and Irrrigation Status Pages
Rivers, Rainfall & Reserves
We are working to resolve an issue affecting Google Chrome users. Please use Microsoft Edge or Safari to access these pages while we fix the issue.
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Access to Wairau Diversion is closed
Roads
The damage to the riverbank has made the road unstable. Repair works are planned for Summer 2023.
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Dublin Street closed
Roads
Dublin St closed from 20 July 2023 for 20 months.
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NES Air Quality Exceedances 2022
Air Quality
Marlborough District Council gives notice that the NES for PM10 has been breached in the Blenheim airshed in 2022.
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Air Quality NES Exceedances 2021
Air Quality
The NES for PM10 allows the threshold of 50 µg m-3 to be exceeded on no more than 1 day per 12 month period. These exceedances mean the NES has been breached on four occasions in Blenheim in 2021.