Large landslip blocks West Coast road.

04 June 2006

A large landslip has blocked the Lower Buller Gorge Road, State Highway 6, at Charleston on the West Coast.

Inspector John Doherty, of the police communications centre, said the road was completely blocked and contractors advised it would closed for the rest of today and overnight.

The slip happened about 11.30am.
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