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Coromandel Road closure updates #4
Road closure updates #4
Road closures as of
12:15pm:
State Highways
• SH25 Tairua township to
SH25/SH25a intersection CLOSED due to flooding (Hikuai
Flats)
• SH25a Kopu – Hikuai now OPEN
• SH2
Karangahake Gorge OPEN - Stop / Go management in
place
• SH25 Whangapoua Road OPEN - Stop / Go
management in place
Local Roads
• Tapu-Coroglen
CLOSED due to slip until further notice.
• Kennedy Bay
Roads CLOSED due to slip until further notice.
• Hikuai
Settlement Rd CLOSED due to flooding until further
notice.
Extreme caution required surface flooding on many
roads.
Rivers
• Karangahape River high 14.924m -
river levels now down to 14.6m.
• Kauaeranga River high
8.675m - river level now down to 7.5m.
• Tairua River
high peaked at 5.0m currently at 3.2m – highest level in 3
years. Peak flow 530 cumecs per second (for comparison the
current flow of the Waikato River is 270 cumecs per
second)
Extreme caution please stay clear of swollen
rivers.
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for more regular updates.
For live roading updates see
the NZTA website - On The
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