State Highway 4, where a man died while helping to clear a slip, is now closed.
A section of State Highway 4 between Whanganui and Raetihi has been closed, just over a week after a man was killed by falling debris at the site.
The road has been closed by NZTA due to a high risk slip site identified at a spot roughly 2km south of
Fields Track.
NZTA Regional Transport Systems Manager Ross I'Anson says the potential slip site was identified during a regularly scheduled geotechnical inspection, and the road was been closed as a precaution while a more detailed inspection is undertaken.
Paul Lenard Batchelor, 70, of Taupo was killed on the highway last week when he was hit by a rockfall while trying to help clear a slip.
