Lambing time on Wairaka (Carrad’s) farm

/ / Miscellaneous

We’ve had a request from the farmers of the land to the west of Pukerua Bay.

“Lambing on Wairaka Farm will be early this year. (Wairaka Farm is on the left as you go north through Pukerua Bay.)

We asking people NOT to go onto the farm from Tuesday 08 August until Tuesday 31 October. It is very important that mothers and lambs aren’t disturbed. Please pass this message on to anyone who needs to know.

Thanks to everyone for their help!!”

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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.

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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.

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Slip Clearance Pukerua Bay

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Waka Kotahi (NZTA) has advised that a small team will be in Pukerua Bay tomorrow Thursday night, weather permitting, to clear slips from the footpath in the area of SH 59 between Pukerua Beach Road and Wairaka Road.

This will be one of several minor slip-clearing jobs around the highway network that the team will be undertaking tomorrow night so Waka Kotahi cannot say what time the team will arrive. It should only take an hour or so.

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Resealing SH59 Pukerua Bay to Plimmerton Starting Sunday 11th

/ / Announcements, Road safety, Shared Pathways & Cycleways

Waka Kotahi has advised that chipsealing State Highway 59 between Pukerua Bay and Plimmerton will be starting Sunday night 11 December

These works are programmed for next week while the Pukerua Bay slip stabilisation works are being done and traffic volumes are expected to be lower through this stretch of highway.  However you may want to factor in additional time when travelling South.

They have asked that cyclists and pedestrians use the shared path during the works for their safety.

Schedule:

Chipsealing will be done during the day, each day between 7am – 5.30pm.

Traffic management set-up will start Sunday night, 11 December at 7pm through the night. Traffic set-ups/change-overs will be at night throughout the week, for an early start the next morning.

Monday 12 December

  • The Northbound state highway will be closed from 4.30am from the Plimmerton weigh station to the merge south of Pukerua Bay.
  • Traffic will be directed to the southbound side of the highway with one lane each direction.
  • There will be stop/go traffic control at the Airlie Road intersection for access.

Tuesday 13 December

  • The Northbound state highway will be closed from 4.30am from the Plimmerton weigh station to the merge south of Pukerua Bay.
  • Traffic will be directed to the southbound side of the highway with one lane each direction.
  • There will be stop/go traffic control at the Airlie Road intersection for access.

Wednesday 14 December

  • The Southbound state highway will be closed from 4.30am from Airlie Road to north of Plimmerton roundabout
  • Traffic will be directed to the northbound side of the highway with one lane each direction.
  • There will be stop/go traffic control at the Airlie Road intersection for access.

Sweeping and line marking will be done between Tuesday and Friday.

A restricted speed limit will be in place up to 3 days and nights following the works to settle the seal.

Heavy vehicles and wide loads please use alternative routes due to the extent of these closures and the works.

Cyclists and pedestrians please use the shared path during the works.

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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.

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