The half-way point has been reached in the massive job of clearing slips north of Kaikoura from last year's earthquake, says Transport Minister Simon Bridges. He said the milestone was reached this week in the Government's effort to restore road and rail links to Kaikoura. North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) teams have now cleared five of the ten large landslides that buried parts of State Highway 1 and the rail line north of Kaikoura in the November 2016 earthquake. "Given the size of those landslides, NCTIR crews are estimating that more than half of the total slip material has now been removed from the transport corridor north of Kaikoura. Bridges said based on current progress crews remain on track to restore the pre-earthquake transport links to Kaikoura and its surrounding communities by Christmas.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 22, 2017 07:41 UTC