The Government is investing over $22 million across 18 projects to improve the resilience of roads in the West Coast that have been affected by recent extreme weather, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins confirmed today. A dedicated Transport Resilience Fund has been established for early preventative works to protect the state highway network from future severe weather disruption. Roads in the region that will receive funding from the Transport Resilience Fund are: SH6 Gates of Haast river erosion SH6 Wanganui River Protection SH6 Whataroa River Protection SH73 Rock Shelter DSA and Strengthening SH73 Otira River Bridge Abutment Protection SH6 Buller Gorge Rock Scaling SH6 Douglas Culvert No.

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