There will be road approach changes for motorists on State Highway 8 when driving around the Beaumont Bridge.
The traffic signals will be shifting closer to the Beaumont Hotel from Monday.
A temporary, single-lane paved road has been built to enable construction of the highway approaches to the new bridge over the Clutha River on the highway between Dunedin and Central Otago. This road opened at the end of June.
From Monday, traffic will start using the section of this temporary road on the west side of the bridge — the hotel side. This will extend the length of the temporary road to 600m.
Signals will continue to safely manage vehicle flows.
Delays should average about five minutes but sometimes, depending on work requirements, these may be up to eight minutes, Miss Felts said.
Also from Monday, access to the Beaumont Hotel car park will be off Dee Street only, to enable new bridge approach works to be completed outside the hotel.
The west side temporary road will be in place for about a year and, from October, the eastern section of the single lane will shorten slightly.
The $20 million-plus bridge project is scheduled to be completed by the end of next year.
