Big Crane Erection to Block Central-City Traffic

Motorists are advised that a section of Victoria Street in Wellington’s CBD will be closed to all traffic – except for the morning and evening rush hours today (Friday, 12 October) - to allow the erection of a large construction crane.


Depending on the time it takes to erect the crane, the section of Victoria Street between Willeston and Mercer streets will be closed to through traffic from 8 o'clock tonight and potentially until 6.00am on Monday so the crane can be erected on the Chews Lane construction site.

The section of Victoria Street will reopen to two lanes of ‘rush hour' traffic between 7.00am and 9.00am and then 3.00pm and 8.00pm tomorrow.

Work to install the crane, one of the largest in New Zealand, started last weekend but was delayed by high winds and then postponed when electrical storms passed across the region.

Motorists travelling south through the CBD are advised to use the waterfront Quays, Taranaki Street or The Terrace.

Harris Street, between Victoria Street and Jervois Quay, will also be closed to through traffic.

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