Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
A stretch of State Highway 2 Otoko Hill will be under stop/stop traffic management from tomorrow (Wednesday 19 March) for vegetation clearance.
Tomorrow’s start date is an update to an earlier traffic bulletin referring to upcoming vegetation clearance.
Transport Rebuild East Coast (TREC), on behalf of NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, is currently working on the final 3 recovery sites at Otoko Hill.
Tree removal is required as part of the recovery work and starts tomorrow between Hihiroroa Road and Fitzgerald Road.
Crews will be working on site to clear the vegetation Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm, with delays of up to 15 minutes expected at the site, while trees are removed, with the potential for longer wait times occasionally.
Pilot vehicles are being used to escort road users through the site safely.
The vegetation clearance is expected to take 4 weeks to complete.
Please expect for delays and plan your trip to factor these in.
Work has been underway at Otoko Hill north of Gisborne since last winter on a number of sites, including repairs to underslips, overslips and extensive improvements to drainage.
Work between Hihiroroa Road and Fitzgerald Road began earlier this month to install extensive counterfort drains on both upward and downward slopes to help reduce water pressure in the hills, channelling it away from the road.
