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: 1 March 2010
Next update: 1 February 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
CBD camera maintenance	New Plymouth, Waitara and Inglewood CBDs	Obertech Security	20/10/2005	30/11/2010
Road markings	District wide	Coastline Markers	01/07/2009	30/06/2012
Traffic signal maintenance	District wide including state highways	Wells Instrument and Electrical Ltd	01/07/2006	30/06/2010
Urban road general maintenance	All townships	Fulton Hogan	01/07/2009	30/06/2011
Rural road general maintenance	All rural areas	Fulton Hogan	01/10/2008	30/09/2011
CBD cleaning	New Plymouth, Waitara and Inglewood CBDs	Chemwash Taranaki Ltd	2008	2010
Rural pre-reseal repairs and reseal	Rural areas	Fulton Hogan	09/02/2010	30/06/2010
Underslip repairs and retaining walls	Autawa, Taramoukou and Carrington Road	Taranaki Civil Construction	27/10/2009	31/12/2009
Maikaikatea Road sealing	Maikaikatea Road	Fulton Hogan	01/05/2009	31/03/2010 - awaiting area to dry out to seal.
Culvert 49 installation on Carrington Road	Carrington Road	Taranaki Civil Construction	30/11/2009	31/03/2010
Karina Rd Extension	New road and footpath	Fulton Hogan	10/08/2009	02/02/2010
Urban re-seals 2009-2010	District wide	Fulton Hogan	1/12/2009	21/03/2010
Seal widening and minor safety programme	Mataro Road	Inframax Construction	20/11/2009	29/01/2010
Culvert installation	Mangaonga Culvert	Hurstones Earthmoving	02/02/2010	28/02/2010
Uruti Tunnel repairs	Uruti	Fulton Hogan	15/02/2010	31/03/2010
Patterson Road seal widening and drainage	Patterson Road	Drainage Plus	01/03/2010	1/05/2010
Urban road cleaning	District wide	Chemwash	2009	2012
Wairau Road kerb and channel footpath extension	Wairau Road up to Tui Drive	Civilscape	30/04/2010	31/05/2010
Erbrington Place kerb and channel and parking area	Erbrington Place	Drainage Plus	1/03/2010	15/04/2010
Underslip repairs	Bristol Road, Hursthouse Street Walkway, Carrington Street car park Piko Road	Burgess and Crowley	19/02/2010	19/05/2010

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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
Mutaro Road seal widening and minor safety programme	Mutaro Road	Under design
Mutaro Road bridge replacement	Mutaro Road	Under design
Hurford and Plymouth roads seal widening and minor safety programme	Mataro Road	Under design
Bristol Road retaining wall renewal	Bristol Road	Tenders closed
Tukapa Street seal treatments and pedestrian crossing improvements	Tukapa Street from Cowling Road to Frankley School	Under design
Hall Terrace flood alleviation scheme	Hall Terrace, Oakura	Out for tender
Hursthouse Street retaining wall	Hursthouse Street walkway	Tenders closed
Tukapa and Waimea streets roundabout	Tukapa and Waimea streets	Under design
Tukapa and David streets intersection improvements	Tukapa and David streets	Under design
Kaimata Road seal treatments	Kaimata Road area wide	Tenders closed
Currie Street road treatment	Currie Street from SH to Devon Street	Out for tender
New Plymouth urban footpaths slurry sealing	Various	Under design
Uruti Road road treatment	South of the tunnel	Under design
Thin asphaltic concrete application	Hobson/Devon Street East intersection, Ngamotu/Centennial intersection, Dawson/Devon Street West intersection.	Under design

 

Recently completed road works

Work	Location	Contractor	Start date	Finish date
Frankley Road kerb,      channel and footpath (stage 2)	Frankley Road	Civilscape	1/10/2009	21/12/2009

 

Related links

• State highway maintenance responsibilities

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