Transport

Road works affecting Pukerua Bay

• • Road safety, Transport

On Thursday night (12 November 2026) there will be resurfacing work in SH59 at the Gray Street intersection scheduled from 8:00 pm to 5:00 am. Stop Go lights will be operating.

From now until 18 December there will be southbound lane closures on SH1 Transmission Gully (Te Aranui O Rangihaeata) to carry out further drainage works. Because of expected delays to travel times NZTA is encouraging southbound traffic to consider using SH59. This sentiment has also been suggested by the Road Transport organisation.SH1

Mt Welcome Fast-Track Submission

• • Consultation, Housing, Information, RA, Road safety, Transport, Water Quality
Download the pdf here for our full submission.

Thank you for your invitation to submit on the Mt Welcome Pukerua Bay Fast-track Application. Pukerua Bay Residents Association (PKBRA) has a substantive interest in the project, particularly given

  • the development’s size and proximity to our existing community, and
  • two new green fields housing developments are already in progress in the area: Pukerua Bay Limited Partnership (PBLP) off Muri Road in Pukerua Bay and Plimmerton Farm on the eastern side of SH59 from Plimmerton.

PKBRA believes there is no case to Fast-track the Mt Welcome development and requests the Expert Panel to decline the application at this time for these reasons:

  • The Mt Welcome Development Fast-track Application does not meet the purpose or intent of the Fast-track legislation. Specifically, this application does not show “significant regional or national benefits” as outlined in Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 purpose.
  • The National Policy Statement on Urban Development supports development in locations that have good access to existing services, public transport networks and infrastructure. In our opinion, the proposed development does not fit these criteria.
  • PKBRA supports the points made by Porirua Harbour and Catchments Trust/Guardians of Pauatahanui Inlet (PHCT/GOPI) in the general section of their submission regarding the location and isolation of the proposed development, and of current population growth.
  • The Fast-track process means we could lose our opportunity to provide local input for a period of up to 15 years.

Download the full submission pdf

Pole relocation – Muri Rd to be closed 22 Oct (or 23 Oct)

• • Announcements, Transport • , , ,

We currently have work scheduled on Muri Road on 22/10/2025 with the alternative date 23/10/2025. This will require part of Muri Road to be closed

Site hours:

TTM installation: 9am to 9:30am – Work activity/NSC: 9:30am to 3:30pm – TTM removal: 3:30pm to 4pm

Unattended VMS board to be installed 5 days prior with daily site check**

Works methodology:

• install links
• remove overhead wires on pole replacement
• remove old pole
• install new pole
• reinstate overhead wires
• backfill and reinstatement
• remove links

General info:

  • Pedestrian traffic access & safety is a priority
    • STMS/TC to monitor pedestrians and to assist where required and cyclist
    • Cone bars to be placed on cones to isolate the working space from pedestrians.
  • Access to affected driveway/s will be monitored and assisted by STMS/TC as required.

For all the details check out this PDF supplied by Downer

Road Works

• • Announcements, Road safety, Transport

Waka Kotahi has advised there will be two sets of works being undertaken in the next few days.

Sunday night (6 August 2023), a road repair will be done on SH59 near the corner of Wairaka Road. This was notified to the neighbours for Thursday but weather has pushed it out to Sunday – also weather permitting.

Monday night (7 August 2023) the watermain service lid at the intersection of SH59 and Gray Street will be lifted and given a concrete surround to make it level with the road. Service lid lifting is something that a team travels the highway network doing some time after road repairs and resurfacing jobs have been done. It can’t be done at the time of the works because of the extreme heat of the asphalt when it is laid.

Entrance to Gray St from SH59

• • Road safety, Transport

Good news to all those who drive into Gray St from SH59. Waka Kotahi has advised that, subject to weather conditions,work will be carried out to fix the intersection, removing the somewhat bumpy surface and replacing it with a smoothe one.

The work will be undertaken on Sunday evening and will not take all night.

Waka Kotahi has apologised for the time it has taken to fix the intersection.

Gray Street/SH59 intersection remediation

• • Miscellaneous, Road safety, Transport

The entrance to Gray Street from SH59 is on the PCC books for remediation over summer. As anyone driving over it will know the rate of deterioration seems to be increasing. Remediation works, digging out and are dependant on the ground under the new material being dry enough to be consolidated and ready to be asphalted. The road has been marked out for some time in preparation for the works.

SH59 Re-opened this morning

• • Announcements, Road safety, Transport

We are again having direct access to the north, and work is continuing—so keep to the lowered speed limit. The latest from Waka Kotahi follows.

Good morning,

State Highway 59 between Pukerua Bay and Paekākāriki is now OPEN.

There are still active work sites along this corridor, so please take care and keep to the restricted speed limit for the safety of road users and crews.

We thank you for your patience.

Ngā mihi,

Anita De Klerk, Wellington Transport Alliance

SH 59 Re-opening update

• • Announcements, Road safety, Transport
The benchwork

SH 59 will not be re-open on Monday 12 September. There is more work to be undertaken. Waka Kotahi has provided the below up-date

Crews are working 24 hours daily to get State Highway 59 between Pukerua Bay and Paekākāriki reopened next week.

As of this morning, Friday, 9 September, 19,000 cubic metres, approximately 2500 truckloads of earth has been removed from the site as part of slip remediation, and slope benching works. Another 6,000 cubic metres, almost 800 truckloads, is to be removed this weekend.

Weather permitting, earthworks will be completed early next week.

The final part of the operation will be clearing the work site, installing edge barriers and reinstating the road before reopening safely to the public, which will take an additional 2-3 days.

On Monday, 12 September Waka Kotahi will provide an update on the expected timeframe for reopening the road.

Here are the FACEBOOK and TWITTER links for sharing.

We thank you for your patience and understanding.

Ngā mihi, Anita De Klerk (she/her)/ Customer Communications and Engagement Advisor