Traffic

Motorists face weeks of delays as major work to resurface State Highway 88 - between Ravensbourne and Maia - begins in Dunedin.

Nelson police are disappointed after more than than 300 people were caught out in a big traffic blitz over the weekend.

The Dunedin City Council will investigate options to improve safety on a steep, winding and narrow Dunedin street, after a car pulling over for an ambulance nearly went over the edge on Thursday night.

Drivers in traffic-clogged cities across Australasia may spend some time in their next traffic jam considering the benefits of driving in Dunedin.

Balclutha retailers had been "tortured for years" over the proposed Balclutha traffic strategy and needed some answers, Cr Mary Johnstone said at yesterday's Clutha District Council meeting.

Tail-gating drivers could be fined $150 as part of a police operation aimed at reducing crashes on Otago and Southland roads.

Police and Downer EDI Works contractors in Queenstown were kept busy yesterday morning as treacherous black ice quickly formed on State Highway 6 between Arrowtown and Frankton.

The new traffic signals at the intersection of Crawford and Jervois Sts in Dunedin are due to come in to operation today.

Big Brother is watching, and now you can too. Dunedin's first traffic webcams will help motorists avoid traffic jams rather than monitor poor driving behaviour, New Zealand Transport Agency Otago/Southland regional director Bruce Richards said.