Weather and Roading Update #9 1pm

We are now in clean-up mode again after the storm.

There are still various road closures and road works with stop/go traffic management in place across the Coromandel and unfortunately we still have on-going road closures.

NZTA advise “expect delays or avoid the areas if possible”.

Here is the situation at 1pm:

Local road closures:

· Tapu-Coroglen - closed due to a slip and likely to be closed for the remainder of the day.

· Black Jack Road is open to one lane at approx 1km from SH25 (Kuaotunu side of Blackjack Road Hill) .

· Sailors Grave Road - open to one lane 100m south of turnoff on ocean side where a slip has undermined the road - caution is required.

· Colville Road open to one lane 1.5km after Papa Aroha motor camp.

· Port Charles Road - open to one lane.

· Waiomu Valley Rd Ford - open to 4 x 4 vehicles only.

· Te Kouma Rd- open to one lane.

· Wentworth Valley Rd, Whangamata -is now open.

· There is a slip on Purangi Rd that is blocking one lane before the vineyard going into Cooks Beach. Please drive with caution

No other District roads are reported closed.

State Highway network:

· SH25 between Thames and Kereta ('Thames Coast Road')- due to multiple slips in this area, the road is closed.

· SH25 near to Sailors Grave Road, Pumpkin Hill- due to a washout on this section of the State Highway, stop/go traffic management is now in place. Expect delays or avoid the area if possible.

· SH25 2km South Of Blackjack Rd, Kuaotunu - due to a large slip on this section of State Highway the road is closed until further notice.

· The slip at Kuaotunu Hill (SH25) is being cleared so the road is now open to one lane with stop/go traffic management in place.

· SH25 and SH25A Kopu to Hikuai road - due to slips in the area, stop/go traffic managment is in place. Please drive with caution, expect delays or avoid the area if possible.

· SH25 Whitianga to Tairua - due to slips in the area, stop/go traffic managment is in place. Please drive with caution.

For State Highway updates (including Thames Coast Road and Kopu-Hikuai Road) see the NZTA website and follow NZTA Waikato BoP on Facebook.

Emergency water shutdown: 12.15pm - Water is being turned off to carry out urgent repair. Properties affected: Moana Anu Anu Ave, Whangamata. Estimated timeframe: 2 hours.

Kerbside: blue bag rubbish collections couldn’t take place yesterday in Coromandel Town, so have been rescheduled for Saturday. Please have your blue bags out on the kerb by 7:30am, please. See www.tcdc.govt.nz/kerbside for the full district Kerbside schedule.

Tide Times:

Thames: Thursday 6 April - High 15:10 3.6m

Whitianga: Thursday 6 April - High 15:06 2.0m

River Levels:

To check current levels see the Waikato Regional Council website www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/services/regional-services/river-levels-and-rainfall

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