Crews race to re-open Kaikoura's crucial Inland RdBRADEN FASTIER/Stuff.co.nz Contractors are working 12-hour days to repair Inland Rd between Kaikoura and Waiau, which they hope to open by permit only on Thursday. Roading crews are racing against the clock to re-open the Inland Rd, a crucial lifeline into earthquake-stricken Kaikoura. BRADEN FASTIER Contractors watch a helicopter with a monsoon bucket sluice debris off a slip above the inland road. BRADEN FASTIER/FAIRFAX NZ Downer South Island GM Scott Ford inspects parts of the inland road between Kaikoura and Waiau. The damage to the inland road is not as catastrophic as State Highway 1, but he knows the repair process will not be a sprint.

Source: Stuff November 23, 2016 00:46 UTC