Crown range to close for tour today

Crown Range Road users are being given a final reminder of a short road closure scheduled today, Queenstown Lakes District Council roading manager Ian Marshall said.

The Tour of Southland cycle race will see a short section of the road closed between 1-2.30pm.

Several conditions had been applied to this year's road closure consent, including the requirement that large signs be erected one week prior to the event, a radio advertising campaign be undertaken and an agreement with Transit NZ be entered into to suspend blasting at the Nevis Bluff on that day.

"People need to note the closure and make alternate travel time arrangements," Mr Marshall said.

The road would be closed from Gibbston Valley through to a kilometre west of the Crown Range lookout.