Work to start next week on fixing Cambrae Road dropout

Waikato District Council says that their Alliance contractors will start work fixing the dropout/ slip next week (Week commencing 6th February). At the moment they are sourcing materials. Raglan 23 has been told that the repair work will include a concrete retaining wall.

After taking away three truck loads of spoil on the 28th December, the Alliance has now adopted a conservative approach leaving the slip spoil in place to limit further slippage. While each end of Cambrae Road is open to residents, it is closed to through traffic.

Slippage has now reduced although further undermining has occurred near the edge of the tar seal. A Chorus internet cable has become uncovered for about a one metre length. Also buried under the road is the Cambrae Road water main. Any further dropout would see the water main exposed and unsupported.

Raglan’s coastal road, the Whaanga Road, is now open. Slip clearing is continuing.

SH 23, the main road to Raglan is still closed and there is no date for it to be reopened. A detour via Ngaruawahia and Waingaro is open.

The full list of roadworks is:

he following locations are where our Waikato District Alliance (WDA) roading crews are, and what they are doing to address damage to our roads. We are prioritising these areas this week. There will be other areas with damage, there are scheduled in to the work programme for a later date.

• Matahuru Road, Waiterimu – Road closed for some time. Big slip blocking road near No. 467. Access through either end available. 100 truck-loads of earth moved yesterday, work continues.
• Brien Road, Onewhero – Dropout partially blocking road. Work complete
• Te Papatapu Road, Raglan – Is open. Majority of the slip cleared.
• River Road, Tuakau. Work complete.
• Port Waikato – Tuakau Bridge Road and Klondyke Road. Several areas of Tuakau Bridge-Port Waikato Road still one lane, clear-up continues. Kolndyke Road open again. .
• Port Waikato – Waikaretu Road Slump (south of the camp) – Work complete.
• Wairamama – Onewhero Road, Onewhero – Give way signs installed. Monitoring continues..
• Cameron Town Road, Pukekohe South – Work is complete at this site.
• Findlay Road, Maramarua/Miranda – Majority of work comple but a new slip fell yesterday blocking one lane. Clearing it today.
• Bothwell Road, Waikaretu – Work is complete at this site.
• Cambrae Road, Raglan – Catchpit has been blocked on one side of the slip to try and prevent water from going into the road pavement. The plan is in place to install a retaining wall. Currently sourcing materials. Work starts next week.
• Whaanga Road, Raglan – Is open. Slip clearing is continuing.
• Phillips Road, Raglan – Clearing major slip blocking three quarters of the road. Locals have cleared a portion of the slip, clean up continues today.
• Murray Road, Tuakau – Clearing slip and trees.
• Okareia Road, Maramarua– Clearing slip material.
• Falls Road, Waerenga/Island Block– Clearing slip debris.
• Rotowaro Road, Huntly– Clearing slip debris.
• Settlement Road, Aka Aka– Clearing slip debris.
• Waitetuna Valley Road – Road repairs, safety work.
• Waingaro Road – Road repairs, crack-filling.

Roads closed by weather damage

• State Highway 23, 1.6km past the intersection with Glentui Lane on the Divvy
  Road closed until further notice, follow detour via Ohautira Rd, Waingaro Rd through to Ngaruawahia
• Matahuru Road, Waiterimu
  Closed due to slip
• Murray Road, Tuakau
  Closed until further notice due to a slip.
• Swan Access Road, Raglan
  Closed due to dropout.