Maintenance

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Maintenance

Footpath cracked and unsafe? Road sign damaged? Pot holes?

If you notice something to do with the roads or footpaths that needs maintenance please let us know. This includes:

• Broken or flickering street lights.
• Loose seal which may cause damage to vehicles or an accident.
• Faulty traffic lights.
• Faded road markings.
• Broken glass or debris on the road.
• Overhanging branches blocking footpaths.

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We are responsible for the maintenance of local roads. This includes streetlights, cycle lanes / cycle ways, footpaths, seating and other street furniture, pedestrian crossings and ramps, road signs, road markings, repair and maintenance of existing kerb and channel, street cleaning, traffic signals, service covers (e.g. manhole covers, grates) and maintaining vegetation on road sides.

The clean up of spillages such as diesel on local roads, crash response and debris cleanup is also done by us.

Vegetation maintenance

To eradicate any pest plants and hinder vegetation growth to ensure safe sight distances, we use chemical sprays on road sides and a non-toxic and non-chemical spray (usually Round-Up) in road side drains and inlets of culvert pipes.
 
Residents can ask for their property frontage to be a 'no spray zone', providing you manage the vegetation growth and pest plants at your own cost. We will work with you to ensure the maintenance meets safety requirements. 

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Road Works

This section is updated regularly.
Last update: 2 August 2010
Next update: 1 September 2010

You can sort the information in the tables below by work, location, contractor, start date and finish by clicking on each heading. For more information about roading projects please contact us on 06-759 6060 or use our contact us form.

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Projects under way

Work	Location	Contractor	Start date	Finish date
Uruti Road seal treatments	Uruti Road, south of tunnel	Burgess & Crowley	1/10/2007	1/12/2010
Loop walkway	Windsor and Dudley roads	Burgess & Crowley	12/07/2010	30/07/2010
Urban road cleaning	District wide	Chemwash	2009	30/06/2012
CBD cleaning	New Plymouth, Waitara and Inglewood CBDs	Chemwash Taranaki Ltd	01/07/2007	03/03/2011
Road markings	District wide	Coastline Markers	01/07/2009	30/06/2012
Kaimata Road seal treatments	Kaimata Road	Darcy Keane	22/03/2010	02/08/2010
New Plymouth urban footpaths slurry sealing	Various	Downer EDI Works	09/03/2010	22/06/2010
Thin asphaltic conccrete added to various New Plymouth intersections	Hobson/Devon St East, Ngamotu/Centennial, Dawson/Devon St West intersections	Downer EDI Works	1/06/2010	31/07/2010
Rural road general maintenance	All rural areas	Fulton Hogan	01/10/2008	30/09/2011
Maikaikatea Road sealing	Maikaikatea Road	Fulton Hogan	01/05/2009	31/03/2010 - awaiting area to dry out to seal.
Uruti Tunnel repairs	Uruti	Fulton Hogan	07/04/2010	30/09/2010
CBD camera maintenance	New Plymouth, Waitara and Inglewood CBDs	Obertech Security	20/10/2005	30/11/2010
Mataro Road seal widening	Mataro Road to Hickman Road	Taranaki Civil Construction	01/05/2010	30/07/2010
Traffic signal maintenance	District wide including state highways	Wells Instrument and Electrical Ltd	01/07/2006	30/11/2010

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Projects coming up

Work	Location	Contractor	Start date	Finish date
Frankley Road kerb and channel and footpath upgrade (stage three)	Frankley Road	Under design
Mataro Road bridge replacement	Mutaro Road	Under design
Hurford and Plymouth roads seal widening and minor safety programme	Mataro Road	Under design
Hall Terrace flood alleviation scheme	Hall Terrace, Oakura	Out for tender
Tukapa and Waimea streets roundabout	Tukapa and Waimea streets	Out for tender
Tukapa and David streets intersection improvements	Tukapa and David streets	Under design
Currie Street road treatment	Currie Street from SH to Devon Street	Out for tender
Mangorei Road footpath and kerb and channel	Mangorei Road from Oakwood Grove to the school	Under design
Wairau Road foothpath and kerb and channel	Eastern side SH45 to opposite Tui Grive	Under design

 

Related links

• State highway maintenance responsibilities

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