“Please delay any travel to this area until officially notified it is safe to do so as traffic will not be permitted through. Roading crews are doing everything possible to keep the road open, so give them space to get on with it”.
Contractors are cutting further into the hillside to widen the road further away from the underslip, Waka Kotahi said.
The road was originally closed early Monday morning following a washout caused by heavy rain over the weekend.
Waka Kotahi said it would provide further updates early afternoon or as soon as the situation changed.
The ground conditions in the area remain highly unstable. Contractors are constantly monitoring the site to ensure it remains safe, and the road may be closed at short notice should conditions deteriorate further.
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