Roading

Our roads are our lifelines and Council is tasked with managing nearly 5000km of roads throughout Southland.

We are responsible for maintaining both sealed and unsealed roads, and ensuring our roading network is safe.

The roading network that Council manages comprises all of the roads, streets and bridges in the District, except the State Highways (which are owned and managed by the New Zealand Transport Authority) and National Park roads (which are owned and managed by the Department of Conservation).

Footpaths are also covered and these are all owned and managed by the Council and Community Boards.

Southland has an aging network of sealed roads, which were built during the 1960s and 1970s. The increasing amount of heavy traffic on the roads is speeding up the roads' deterioration and 226 kilometres of sealed road (11.7% of the network) have shoulders that are underwidth by a metre or more.

  Kms/Nos
Sealed Roads 1959km
Unsealed Roads 3002km
Footpaths 191km
Bridges 860
Stock Underpasses 138
Street lights 2416

Amount spent on
roading per year
2009/10

 $27 million
Value of roading
network		 $1.35 billion

The roading department works with private contractors which carry out the physical work of maintenance and rehabilitation. 

There are three separate network contracts:

a) For the North Western Area (Te Anau, Five Rivers, Waikaia and Tuatapere Wards)

b) For the Central Area (Wallace, Winton, Riverton and Wallacetown Wards)

c) For the South Eastern Area (Toetoes, Waihopai, Te Tipua and Stewart Island Wards)

Most renewal and new capital work is let on a competitive tender basis.

For more information on roading, go to the Roading Bylaw, the Roading Policy and the Roading Policy Procedures

 

 

A to Z Listing of Roading

Bridge Restrictions

Forms and Guides

Planned Road Works/Closures

Rebuilding A Road

Roading Activity Management Plan

Roading Issues

Roading Rate Information

About this page

First added: 19 February 2009
Last updated: 26 May 2010

Who to contact

If you would like to discuss a matter on this page, feel free to contact us:

Southland District Council
P.O. Box 903
Invercargill 9840
Phone: 0800 732 732
Fax: 0800 732 329
emailsdc@southlanddc.govt.nz