Emergency services at the scene of a crash near Shingle Creek in 2015. Photo: ODTAn accident could be caused by the poor condition of the state highway at Shingle Creek, a Central Otago district councillor believes. Roxburgh ward councillor Stephen Jeffery told the council's roading committee last week that if the area of significant slumping near Shingle Creek was not fixed "it will cause an accident''. Roading committee chairman Dr Barrie Wills had raised the issue of state highway conditions during his chairman's report and said Central Otago roads and the Pigroot were "quite appalling in many places''. Some road repairs on the Pigroot [State Highway 85] were "as rough as guts'', Dr Wills said.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 21, 2019 07:18 UTC