Night closures and detours
Queenstowners can expect significant overnight disruption as the Frankton BP Roundabout project moves to its next stage.
Kā Huanui a Tāhuna is planning to close various main roads around the major junction through August and September.
Different sections of SH6 Kawarau Road, near Frankton bus station, will be closed from 10pm-6am from 11-15 August, and 15-22 August, with a diversion around Hawthorne Drive, through Remarkables Park.
Then sections of SH6 Frankton-Ladies Mile, on either side of the Queenstown Events Centre turnoff, will be closed 10pm-6am from 25 August - 5 September, with the same diversion in place.
And, finally for now, SH6A Frankton Rd, outside McDonald's, will be closed 10pm-6am 8-11 September. There's also work this week around Gray Street.
"Converting the existing Frankton roundabout into a signalised intersection requires a lot more than new asphalt and road markings," a Kā Huanui a Tāhuna spokesperson says.
"The roundabout is also the intersection of every critical service that helps nearly half of Queenstown’s population to function - including stormwater, water supply, electricity (both local and mains), gas, and telecommunications."
There are about 100 individual pipes and ducts crossing State Highway 6 (SH6), in 32 individual trenches, with between one and 10 service lines in each.
"With the state highway being widened, most of these lines need to be shifted out of the way or buried deeper so the new Frankton Intersection and Bus Hub Improvements Stage 1 project can be built.
"These service connections need to be made across the state highway via a series of trenches that can only be excavated, filled and the road surface repaired at night. This will be done over a series of nights (weather permitting) from Sunday, 11 August through to mid-September 2024."
The closures will also affect bus routes.
Kā Huanui a Tāhuna is an alliance partnership between NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) and Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) along with four design and construction companies, Beca, WSP, Downer and Fulton Hogan.
More info on the buses is available at www.orc.govt.nz/QTdetours, while full detail on the closures is at www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/queenstown-package/ under 'publications'.
