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.

• Contact us form

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. The council will work with you to ensure the maintenance meets safety requirements.

• No spray zone application form (Two pages 53KB PDF)
   

Road Works

This section is updated monthly.
Last update: 1 December 2008
Next update: 12 January 2009

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	26/01/2009
Road markings	District wide	Independent Road Markers	2006	26/06/2009
Traffic signal maintenance	District wide including state highways	Wells Instrument and Electrical Ltd	2006	30/06/2009
Urban road general maintenance	All townships	Inframax Construction	2006	30/06/2009
Rural road general maintenance	All rural areas	Fulton Hogan	01/07/2006	30/09/2011
CBD cleaning	New Plymouth, Waitara and Inglewood CBDs	Chemwash Taranaki Ltd	2008	2010
Carrington Rd replacement of existing culvert #49	Carrington Rd (road position = 15.5km)	Taranaki Civil Construction Ltd	14/04/2008	27/02/2009 (on hold due to TRC requirements)
Carrington Rd bridge replacement	Carrington Rd (road position = 22.5km)	Whitaker Civil Engineering	08/09/2008	30/1/2009 (completion date extended due to storm damage)
Everett Rd seal widening	Clark Rd to Manganui Rd	Burgess & Crowley Civil Ltd	1/11/2008	1/02/2009
Urban road resealing	Urban roads	Ireland Roading Ltd	10/11/2008	28/02/2008
Dawson St Retaining Wall	Renewal of existing wall	Street and Cook	28/10/2008	28/11/2008
Kent Rd seal widening and minor repairs (stage two)	Intersection of Kent Rd and SH3 (for 1.5km up Kent Rd)	Hurlstone Earthmoving Ltd	01/10/2008	20/02/2009
Mangaonga Rd replacement of existing culvert	Mangaonga Rd (road position = 15.8km)	Hurlstone Earthmoving Ltd	01/11/2008	19/12/2008
Waitaanga Rd replacement of existing culvert	Waitaanga Rd (road position = 9.7km)	Inframax	01/11/2008	19/12/2008
Brookes Tce kerb and channel replacement	Brookes Tce	Downer EDI Works Ltd	22/09/2008	23/01/2009
Queen St kerb and channel and footpath upgrade	Queen St, Waitara	Burgess & Crowley Civil Ltd	10/11/2008	28/02/2009
Mangorei Rd drainage and pavement upgrade (stage three)	From Karaka St to Union St	Taranaki Civil Engineering	1/11/2008	19/12/2008
Footpath slurry sealing	New Plymouth	Downer EDI Works Ltd	Mid November	28/02/2009

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Projects coming up

Work	Location	Contractor	Start date	Finish date
Waitara Rd seal treatment	Waitara Rd	To be confirmed
Frankley Rd kerb, channel and footpath (stage two)
Leslie St kerb and channel and footpath upgrade	Leslie St, Waitara	To be confirmed

 

Recently completed road works

Work	Location	Contractor	Start date	Finish date
Frankley Rd kerb and channel (stage one)	Frankley Rd from Barclay Close to Tukapa St (for 400m)	Taranaki Civil Construction Ltd	01/06/2008	30/10/2008
Mohakatino Rd underslip repairs	Mohakatino Rd	Downer EDI Works Ltd	28/04/2008	26/10/2008
Carrington Rd Underslip Repairs	Carrington Rd	Whitaker Engineering	03/06/2008	26/10/2008

 

Related links

• State highway maintenance responsibilities

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