6 May 2022

Abseilers stabilise highway near Queenstown

From Morning Report, 8:48 am on 6 May 2022

Dangling high above a busy highway near Queenstown, geotech abseliers are drilling into an unstable 10,000 tonne block of rock to stop it from falling onto the road.

They are installing stabilising bolts on the rockface known as the Yates Feature, on the Nevis Bluff.

Reporter Samantha Gee has more.