25 May 2023

Adelaide Road re-opens after Loafers Lodge fire

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 25 May 2023
Firefighters using a drone to check the Loafers Lodge hostel building, on Tuesday 16 May, 2023

Firefighters using a drone to check the Loafers Lodge hostel building, on Tuesday 16 May, 2023 Photo: RNZ/ Krystal Gibbens

Wellington's Adelaide road has reopened to all traffic this morning, for the first time since last week's fatal fire at the Loafers Lodge hostel.

The busy road has been open to just southbound traffic for a week now, as investigations continue at the site of the building fire.

Reporter Hamish Cardwell was at the Adelaide Road intersection with John Street, a main commuter route for Wellington's southern suburbs.