SH25 Thames Coast Road Recovery Update
SH25 Thames Coast Road Recovery Update
Work to repair and strengthen the rock
protection walls on Thames Coast Road (State Highway 25 or
SH25) is nearing completion, with attention now moving to
rebuild the road.
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has provided an update, which states almost three-quarters of the 6.7 km of rock protection walls between Thames and Manaia are finished.
Work to repair and reseal the road and replace damaged culverts is now the main focus. Project crews are more than halfway through this repair work, which is on track for completion by the end of June.
Reducing the number of work sites and increasing the number of teams working on rock walls has helped improve traffic flows along this stretch of SH25, however motorists should still expect delays to their journey with stop/go traffic management and speed restrictions at multiples sites.
Temporary rock protection walls are now complete at Te Mata and Thornton Bay and NZTA is working with the local community and other stakeholders to design a long-term solution which protects the road while giving residents access to the beach.
Coromandel Town is still open for business with a number of events coming up over the winter months including the Coromandel Seafood Festival on May 5 and Illume Winter festival in July.
Keep up-to-date:
• A
webpage has been set up to
provide travel information for the journey from Thames to
Manaia
• The key traffic and travel source which
provides up-to-date information on weather and road
conditions nationwide is here
• Information is also
shared via NZTA's Twitter and Facebook accounts, which you
can access here
• Access the Thames
Coromandel District Council facebook updates here
• Drivers can also
call 0800 4 HIGHWAYS (0800 44 44 49) to speak to the call
centre team who can provide them with traffic and travel
information either before they’re travelling or when
they’re on the road.
•
Work to begin on
Waiwawa River bridge
NZTA has also advised that
work is about to start to repair the abutments on the
Waiwawa River bridge at Coroglen.
This work should be
finished by early June and is not expected to cause
disruption to traffic.
There is also some minor work
which will take place soon on the Takatakahia bridge on
SH25A.
NZTA is continuing to finalise design, obtain
consent and prepare tender documents on six projects that
will help make the road more resilient to the effects of
storms and heavy rain. These are:
• SH25A Kopu-Hikuai
retaining wall
• Boundary Creek, rock wall to protect
against erosion
• Kereta Hill, retaining wall
•
Kereta Coast, rock wall to protect against erosion
•
Kuaotunu Hill, retaining walls at two sites
•
Matarangi, rock protection
wall