Source: Auckland Council
Significant progress has been made across the Auckland region over the last month on permanent repairs to storm damaged roads.
With over 2000 slips and issues reported across the region following the January and February weather events, there is still a long road of repairs ahead.
The overall programme of repairs to more than 500 medium-large scale slips and issues is expected to take 2-3 years to be completed.
In northern parts of Auckland, rural areas experienced 363 sites of slips or damage – of which 140 minor slips and nine major slips have already been completed. In urban areas, there were 48 sites of slips or damage, of which one is complete.
Below are a selection of photos highlighting just a small portion of the great work the construction and maintenance teams are doing in these areas. We will look to show progress in other areas of Auckland in future newsletters.
East Coast Road update
Significant repairs are due to start on East Coast Road (near Haigh Access road) on 18 September 2023, and are expected to take 13 weeks to complete.
Photo Credit: AT and Downer
Permanent repair at Mahurangi East Road began on Monday 28 August. Piling works are already underway – with holes for the piles visible in this photograph.
Photo Credit: AT and Downer
At Tauhoa Road, Tauhoa (west of Warkworth), piling works are underway to stabilise the roadway. This will involve an impressive 36-meter timber pile retaining wall, composed of a total of 24 poles.
Photo credit: AT and Downer
On Ahuroa Road, several major slips have completely closed the road through to Puhoi, two of which are shown above. The tiny settlement of Ahuroa now have an extra hour’s journey to connect back to Puhoi – previously just a few minutes. Progress to date includes soil nails (acting like anchors) ready for steel mesh and/or shotcrete (sprayed on concrete).
Photo Credit: Fulton Hogan
Paremoremo Road, Paremoremo also has a number of very large slips across four sites. At this slip site, all of the concrete columns have been completed now, ready support the backfilling which will occur over the coming months.
Photo credit: Fulton Hogan
On Glenvar Road, Torbay, the team have made fantastic progress with the road sub-base now largely in place. Over the next month or so, the focus will be on road surfacing and barrier installation.
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