Road and Highway Conditions

Traffic management measures will be in place on Whitianga’s Buffalo Beach Rd from Monday 11 November as work begins on extending the beach’s rock wall.

The rock wall will be extended by about 30 metres to help restore a section of beach and reserve washed away in Cyclone Gabrielle.

The existing 50km/h speed limit will be reduced to 30km/h near Halligan Rd for two to three weeks, while work is being carried out.

Pedestrians will be diverted across the road during this time as there will be heavy machinery and trucks accessing the site.

The work is expected to be completed before the busy summer season.

Work on our Council's district-wide road resealing programme is underway.

The work is weather dependent with the schedule as follows:

Our contractor will distribute letters to all affected households before urban streets are resurfaced. These letters will provide all the additional information needed, including the planned date of surfacing. As well as letter drops, we'll provide updates of the work programme on this web page and on our social media. Daily updates on sites scheduled each day will also be broadcast on local radio stations.

Please park your vehicles off the road on the day of the works to allow the full width of the road to be surfaced. Any vehicles parked on the road following notification may be towed to a nearby towing yard at the owner’s expense.

While the work is being done, traffic will be controlled by traffic controllers and temporary traffic management. We'll try to minimise any inconvenience to motorists. However, we ask motorists to be patient and follow the directions of traffic controllers and temporary speed restriction signs.

Once surfacing is completed, there will be speed restrictions in place and loose chip on the road surface in the early stages after the work. Where necessary, sites will be re-swept at later dates.

Work began on Tuesday 29 October, to metal the unsealed sections along Port Jackson Road. This work will be managed with stop/stop traffic control.

Please be aware that multiple trucks and trailers will be travelling from Coromandel to Port Jackson at this time.

• Start Date: Tuesday 29 October
• Estimated Duration: 4 weeks (weather depending)
• Stop/stop will be in place from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

• Our Contractor Kelsey Construction began building an anchored timber retaining wall at Colville Rd RP 16.358 km, Amodeo Bay (see location below) on Monday 23 September 2024.
• It should be completed by mid-December 2024, weather allowing.
• The work will repair storm damage and restore Colville Rd to two full lanes.
• Traffic management will be in place afterhours, with one lane open under traffic signals from 5pm – 9am.
• During the day, from 9am to 5pm, the road will be fully closed for 50-minute intervals, with 10min openings on the hour, every hour.
• Emergency vehicles and rubbish recycling trucks will be given access at all times.

• Tenders closed on 5/09/24.
• Nine tenders have been received and are being evaluated.
• Work is deferred until funding can be confirmed.

Tentative Programme:

State Highways are controlled by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi. Check their website for State Highway status updates. 

With work still underway at sites along SH25, it's important that motorists drive to the conditions.

To keep contractors and road users safe, signage is in place to give advance warning of worksites and potential hazards such as slippery or uneven surfaces. Please follow any temporary speed restrictions and reduce your speed as you approach these sites.