ÕHAU POINT SAFE STOPPING AREA NOW OPEN HOW WAS YOUR TRIP? Win a $50 prezzie card when you tell ùs about your SH1 journey between Picton and Christchurch. There's one prize up for grabs PICTON Some exciting developments are still to come. BLENHEIM Eco-sourced planting and detailed cultural design elements will be completed in the Neweach month Year. Planting and other landscape design will help to integrate the safe stopping areas into the natural coastal environment. Ohau www.nzta.govt.nz/p2cjourney Once other safe stopping areas are built, people will be able to enjoy this beautiful coastline at a number of safe, well designed areas Motorists are advised to leave plenty of time for KAIKOURA With space for 20 cars, the new Ohau Point trip along SHr safe stopping area on State Highway 1 (SH) to make the road safer and more resilient provides the local community and visitors with with many parts, including Ohau Point, still a a safe place to stop and take a break while viewing the outstanding coastline and the famous home of Ohau's protected fur seals. Ohau Point is the first in a series of new safe stopping areas to be completed along State Hi construction zone. Road users should stick to the posted speed limit and obey all signage VIEWING SEALS The Ohau Stream walk remains closed because itis unsafe with a high risk of rockfall due ghway 1 says Colin Knaggs, Owner Interface Manager for the NZ Transport Agency. 'It is part of a $200 million package of works designed to improve safety, resilience, access and journey reliability between Clarence and Oaro, a 60km stretch of the Kaikõura coast to earthquake damage. Public access is also restricted in this area due to the ongoing SH1 construction work. The best place to view seals currently is at Kaikoura Peninsula, just south of the township NZTRANSPORT KiwiRail New Zealand Government AGENCY North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery