Our Council continues to carry out several repair projects on Colville Rd and Kennedy Bay Rd. This will cause some disruption with various rolling road closures and stop/go traffic light restrictions in place. We apologise for any inconvenience, but we're repairing storm and cyclone damage from 2023.
We recommend planning ahead to ensure the least amount of disruption to your journey.
Full details of all works, locations and closures are provided under the blue tab called Northern Coromandel repairs. If you have concerns at any point, please contact the customer service team on 07 868 0200, or email customer.services@tcdc.govt.nz.
Colville Rd 4.799km, slip repairs
Repairs to repair a dropout and restore the road to two full lanes on Colville Rd, about 4.8km from Coromandel township, started on 12 August. Weather depending, work should be complete by the end of October 2024.
To allow our Contractor to complete the repairs in a safe and timely way, traffic management will be in place during construction. The road should be open to at least one lane throughout the works.
Read more under the blue Northern Coromandel repairs tab below.
Colville Rd RP 16.358km, retaining wall
Our Contractor Kelsey Construction is building an anchored timber retaining wall at Colville Rd RP16.358, Amodeo Bay (see location below) to restore Colville Rd to two full lanes following storm damage.
Work will start on Monday 23 September 2024 and should be completed by mid-December 2024, weather allowing.
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.
Kennedy Bay Rd 5.144km, slip repairs
Retaining wall construction started on 19 August at Kennedy Bay Rd at 5.144km, to repair a drop out. Repairs are expected to take nine weeks, and temporary traffic management will be in place during this time.
Arrangements will be made for regular school buses and emergency services (as needed) to have access through the site, as well as Waste Management vehicles on their Wednesday rubbish/recycling collection run.
For details of traffic management and location, read more under the blue Northern Coromandel repairs tab below.
Priority sites for repair: Northern Coromandel - Colville and Kennedy Bay Rds | Woodroffe and Te Kouma Rds (Windy Point) | Neavesville Rd | State Highways (Waka Kotahi NZTA)
- Work continues around the district to address damage to more than 70 sites identified as requiring repairs.
- The majority of damage is clustered around the roads north of Coromandel Town where access is already difficult.
- As far as possible, we'll be making every effort to keep roads open as we carry out repairs.
- Click here to read our FAQs on road repairs after storms.