Visitors will be able to return to tourist-dependant Milford Sound in just over a week as authorities work to create a route along the wrecked Milford Rd. The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is aiming to have convoys of tourists buses back on State Highway 94 from February 21. Vehicles with at least 10 seats will be able to join the convoys, which leave for Milford Sound at 10am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm and head back out at 11.30am, 1.20pm and 4pm. The convoys are reliant on the weather not further damaging the fragile road, and a small storm is forecast in about a week. The storm damage would "require a significant rebuilding over more than a 12-month period".

Source: Stuff February 11, 2020 21:56 UTC