The NZ Transport Agency will next month install permanent highway safety barrier gates at either end of the Fox Hills, between Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier. The gates will be erected at the north end of Fox Glacier township, and south of Docherty Creek Rd at Franz Josef. "The decision to install these safety barrier gates on the Fox Hills stretch of State highway 6 came out of our experience during ex-tropical Cyclone Fehi early February, 2018," NZTA acting system manager Colin Hey said. "Closing the gates in these situations will also reduce the need to put emergency service personnel into risky situations, for example, by drivers getting trapped between slips." The gates will be installed by the end of August at a cost of $30,000.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 18, 2019 14:37 UTC