Road closure updates #3

Road closures:

• SH25 Tairua township to SH25/SH25a intersection closed due to flooding (Hikuai Flats)

• Hikuai Settlement Rd closed.

• SH25a Kopu – Hikuai Closed due to slip between Kirikiri Valley Road and Puketui Road

• SH25 Wade Road to the 309 closed

• SH2 North of Katikati closed due to flooding

• Tapu-Coroglen closed due to slip

• Kennedy Bay Roads closed due to slip.

• Reports are SH25 Opoutere open but surface water south Opoutere School 4inches deep.

• A slip is blocking the eastbound lane of the Whangapoua Hill (approx 3km from Coromandel Town) Stop-Go traffic control is in place.

Extreme caution required surface flooding on many roads.

Rivers:
• Karangahape River high 14.924m - river levels now dropping
• Kauaeranga River high 8.675m - river levels dropping.
• Tairua River high peaked at 5.0m currently at 4.7m – highest level in 3 years. Peak flow 530 cumecs per second (for comparison the current flow of the Waikato River is 270 cumecs per hour)

Extreme caution please stay clear of swollen rivers.

School Closures
• Hikuai School
• Opoutere School
• Waihi Beach School

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