A cycle and pedestrian underpass under State Highway 8 at Clyde and seal extension of the Nuggets Rd in the Catlins will become a reality after funding was approved for the projects this week.
Preliminary work to realign State Highway 88 to allow for the Awatea St stadium in Dunedin is set to start this year, after Dunedin city councillors voted to include $1.6 million for the project in the city's budget.
A Riccarton Rd, East Taieri, resident believes the timing of reports on upgrading the road means there is not time to make submissions on the issue to the Dunedin City Council.
Highway authority Transit has suggested permanently closing off a dangerous intersection at East Taieri.
A million-dollar budget blow-out on the Crown Range road upgrade between Queenstown and Wanaka has been forecast by the Queenstown Lake District Council, despite claims of newly introduced processes designed to provide more robust cost estimates.
