Alerts
If you're looking for specific information relating to roads affected by the August 2022 storm event:
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SH1 Grovetown – stop/go works
Roads
Road repairs and sealing work on SH1 Grovetown, between Rowley Crescent and just North of Ross Lane.
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Awatere Water Supply Outage - Marama Rd
Water Works
The water will be shut off today at 1.30pm due to a main burst.
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Snout Track will be closed Tuesday 18 March
Rivers, Rainfall & Reserves
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Bridge inspections planned this month for the Top of the South
Roads
Ensuring state highway bridges are safe and fit for purpose will see bridge inspections completed on state highways across the top of the South this month.
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Waikawa Road, Picton
Roads
Waikawa Road, Picton between Beach Road and Boons Valley Road be under night time stop/go traffic management .
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Port Underwood Road, Waikawa
Roads
Port Underwood Road, between Whatamango Bay and Port Underwood will be under night time road closure.
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Fixing the Doctor - night works planned for State Highway 6
Roads
A critical piece of State Highway 6 infrastructure is about to be worked as part of the state highway summer maintenance season.
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Grape News! Drivers urged to be ready for Marlborough grape harvest
Roads
Marlborough drivers are being asked to take extra care on the region’s roads with the annual grape harvest underway.
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Moetapu Bay Road Closure
Roads
From Wednesday 12 to Friday 14 March and Monday 17 March
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Pukenui Road, Queen Charlotte Drive Closure
Roads
From Monday 10 to Friday 28 March
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Kenepuru Road Closure
Roads
From Wednesday 12 March to Friday 14 March
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Wither Hills Farm Park to close
Rivers, Rainfall & Reserves
The Wither Hills Farm Park has closed to the public from Thursday 27 February.
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Planned Water Shutdown - Awatere Water Supply Outage - Marama Rd
Water Works
Water will be temporarily shut down on Wednesday 12 February from 10.00 am for approximately 4 hours.
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Plan ahead for roadworks on SH6 Havelock and Pelorus
Roads
Plan ahead for daytime STOP/GOs at two sites between Havelock and Pelorus, starting Monday 10 February to Friday 21 March.
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SH1 Dashwood Resilience Works
Roads
Plan ahead for 24/7 STOP/GOs on SH1 Dashwood, north of Seddon starting Thursday 20 February to Thursday 13 March for resilience work.
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SH6 Whangamoa and Pelorus Bridge closures
Roads
This route will have three weeks of night closures from late-February until mid-March for road resurfacing and maintenance work.
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Plan ahead for roadworks on SH1 south of Seddon
Roads
Plan ahead for daytime STOP/GOs at two sites between Ward and Seddon, starting Monday 27 January to Friday 28 March, 7am-6pm each day for resurfacing work.
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More state highway summer maintenance in Marlborough
Roads
State Highway summer maintenance work continues to move at pace in Marlborough with work planned for State Highway 1 south of Seddon.
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Water main upgrades in Francis Street and Lakings Road
Roads
Work to replace aging sections of water main on Francis Street in Blenheim is set to begin next Monday, January 20.
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Kenepuru Road Closures
Roads
Details of Kenepuru Road closures for the week ahead.
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NZTA/Waka Kotahi planned state highway roadworks
Roads
Details of the planned state highway roadworks occurring in Marlborough over the coming week.
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Taylors Pass Road closure
Roads
Taylors Pass Road between 1353 Taylor Pass Road and 1739 Taylor Pass Road will be closed on an intermittent basis for earthworks and harvesting from 18 November 2024 from 6.00 am - 5.00 pm.
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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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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.
