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Extreme weather events in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland caused damage to roads in 2023.

Over the last 18 months, we’ve made significant progress on repairing storm-damaged roads in the North Urban Auckland area, as shown by the following statistics.

Reported sites and slip repairs as of 28 February 2025

Total number of sites: 109 (37 major, 72 minor)
Currently under construction: 8
Completed sites: 99 (91%)

We have completed:

29 out of 37 major slips (78%)
70 out of 72 minor slips (97%).

There are 5 major slips currently under construction:

East Coast Road, Torbay
Elmore Road, Paremoremo
Raymond Terrace, Birkenhead
Twin Wharf Road, Herald Island
Wade River Road, Whangaparaoa.

A summary of slips repaired and in progress.

The reported number of sites requiring minor to major repairs will change slightly over time as the design and investigation of each slip site develops. We ask for your patience as we repair sites all over Auckland.

To report new issues, please contact us.

Road status: open

13 February 2025

The Duck Creek Road slip repair work is now complete and the road is fully open in this area. Thank you to neighbours and users of Duck Creek Road for your patience over the last 7-8 months while we constructed three large retaining walls and repaired the road surface.

Fulton Hogan’s maintenance team will be back in the next few weeks to complete regular asphalt maintenance either side of the slip area.

Read an article in OurAuckland (opens in a new window) or watch a video on Youtube (opens in a new window) about these repairs.

A completed Duck Creek Road looking north towards Stillwater.

A completed Duck Creek Road looking south back towards Silverdale.

18 December 2024

From Friday 20 December the road will be opened to two lanes, with only shoulder closures in place.

Work will resume with road pavement from Tuesday 7 January 2025. Single lane traffic lights will operate again.

Lime stabilising work will start on 8 January on both sides of Duck Creek Road if weather allows. This means commuters will be driving on a milled surface and lime stabilised surface. Lime stabilising can be noisey and dusty. We'll have a watercart operating to reduce the amount of dust. We recommend you wash your vehicle after driving over the lime stabilised surface.

Following lime stabilisation, we'll be laying asphalt. This process is expected to take up to three weeks to complete. When road pavement is finished, we'll install guard rail, landscaping, placing topsoil and tidying up.

We're on track to finish on-schedule in mid to late February 2025.

5 December 2024

Repair work is on schedule. All piles were installed on the last two retaining walls by the end of November. We expect the lagging (timber behind the piles) to be in place early December. The steel barriers will then be removed.

The team will start kerbing and drainage work, alternating sides of the road as they go.

During the holiday break, the road will be opened to two lanes, with only shoulder closures in place. Work will start again on 6 January 2025, with single lane traffic lights operating again.

A timber retaining wall under construction beside the road. — Timber piles are being installed on one of two timber retaining walls on the north side of Duck Creek Road. In the background, an excavator holds a pile as it is driven into the ground.

8 November 2024

The first retaining wall on the south side is now complete. Traffic has switched over to enable work on the southern side walls. We installed piles for the first of 2 retaining walls on this side of the road. The team are now working on the lagging.

An excavator carries a timber pile to the location of the new retaining wall.

16 October 2024

The retaining wall on the southern side of the road is now largely complete. This week the team will be creating a temporary road surface for traffic to run on the other side of the road. We plan to work overnight on Sunday to move the barriers and equipment.

On Monday 21 October, the one-lane drive through area will switch from the north to the south side. Traffic will move to the inland side of the road next to the new retaining wall.

An excavator moves the last of the timber lagging from the roadway. It is to be installed on the new timber retaining wall.

Watch aerial footage from September of the Duck Creek Road site (opens in a new tab).

27 September 2024

We have made good progress on the first retaining wall on the south side. Following investigations on site, the south side retaining wall will be extended a further 40m to stabilise the bank in this area. The team will switch over to working on the north side towards the end of October.

The new timber retaining wall. An excavator works with piles of roading gravel, smoothing it out to make a new temporary surface for vehicles to drive on

4 September 2024

The first retaining wall on the south side is progressing well. A crane is on site to hold up a power pole while we construct the retaining wall immediately below.

An orange crane supports a power pole above an excavator working on a bank. White mats stop rain from washing away the soil while it is exposed.

21 August 2024

Over the 6 weeks from 1 July, we have:

cut back the embankment adjacent to number 307 Duck Creek Road
installed 60% of the timber piles and 60% of the timber lagging (planks laid behind the piles) that make up the longest of the 3 retaining walls (95m).

In the coming weeks we aim to:

relocate the nearby power pole and lines which were compromised during the weather event
construct the road pavement on the newly widened section (adjacent to number 307 Duck Creek Road)
switch traffic from the north (valley) side of the road to the newly widened south (embankment) side of the road
commence construction of the smaller of the 2 north (valley) side retaining walls.

Aerial photo shows the timber retaining wall under construction on the south side of the road. An excavator is working to install timber lagging being the retaining wall posts.

1 August 2024

Work is progressing well and is currently on programme, with completion expected in February 2025.

A bulldozer works on a dirt area alongside a curving concrete wall with orange plastic barriers at one end. A worker watches from the gate of a nearby house, and orange cones are in the foreground.

4 July 2024

Duck Creek Road remains open but is reduced to one lane of traffic through the work site.

27 June 2024

On 30 June 2024, work started between 296 and 325 Duck Creek Road, an area that was damaged by an underslip (slump below the road) during the Auckland Anniversary weather event in January 2023. Work includes:

cutting back the embankment adjacent to 307 Duck Creek Road and creating a temporary widened road
on the north (valley) side, constructing 2 timber retaining walls measuring 16 metres and 86 metres long
on the embankment (south) side, constructing a 95-metre-long retaining wall adjacent to 307 Duck Creek Road
finishing works such as pavement repairs, additional drainage, new kerb and channel, landscaping and fencing.

Duck Creek Road remains open but will be reduced to one lane of traffic through the work site. We will use a mix of temporary traffic management, such as temporary traffic lights, and a lower speed limit.

Aerial photo of Duck Creek Road showing underslip area marked with a red rectangle

Duck Creek Road design drawing

Topographic map of Duck Creek Road and surrounding areas, with numbers 296 to 325 marked by a red oval

Road status: open

13 February 2025

Work is now complete on Hibiscus Coast Highway near the intersection with Ocean View Road. Thank you Hatfield’s Beach and passing motorists for your patience!

There will be more work on two sites elsewhere on Hibiscus Coast Highway coming up over the next few months.

Fresh new pavement, line marking, guardrail and footpath signals the completion of works on this section of the Hibiscus Coast Highway.

5 December 2024

Repair work is going well on this site. All 27 piles were installed by the end of November. The Capping beam will be constructed by mid-December. The steel barriers can be removed when this is done.

The road will be opened to two lanes during the holiday break. Only shoulder closures will be in place. Work will start again from 6 January 2025, with single lane traffic lights operating again.

A road surface and backfilled retaining wall with construction machinery in the background. — Steel cages have been installed and filled with concrete to create the palisade retaining wall. An excavator in the background is installing another steel cage.

8 November 2024

We started repair work on 14 October with some minor drainage repairs and a new kerb and channel on the eastern side of the road. The team then switched to the western side of the road, installing steel barriers. The road is operating as a single lane with traffic lights in this location. Over the next 2 months, the team will construct a 53m long reinforced concrete in-ground palisade wall with a capping beam. This will include footpath works.

Steel barriers are shown in the foreground, with the northbound (right on image) lane now closed to enable construction work.

11 October 2024

From Monday 14 October 2024, we will start repair work. We expect work to take 4 months to complete.

We will reduce Hibiscus Coast Highway to one lane with traffic light stop/go near the intersection with Ocean View Road.

First, we will upgrade drainage on the eastern side of the road. During that time, the single lane restriction will only be in place during work time.

From around 28 October (progress depending), we will install steel barriers. This is to enable works on the western side of the road.

We will then operate stop/go with traffic lights 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the remainder of the work.

Hibiscus Coast Highway was damaged by severe weather in early 2023.

We will also undertake some scheduled repairs on the other (eastern) side of the road at the same time.

Work includes:

additional drainage, including a new kerb and channel on the eastern side of the road
trimming trees and relocating services as part of enabling works
constructing a 53m long reinforced concrete in-ground palisade wall with capping beam
upgrading the footpath on the western side
finishing works such as road pavement repairs and other improvements.

4 July 2024

Repairs to the slip near the Ocean View Road intersection will begin soon. A new concrete palisade wall will be built, with footpath improvements also planned. We are waiting for Vector and Chorus to give us plans showing poles and wires in the area.

Road status: open

8 November 2024

Stages 1 and 2 are now complete on Twin Wharf Road. We built new pavement and did replacement planting in conjunction with a local environmental group during October. Work on the new staircase will begin over the next few months.

Newly paved road, new timber retaining wall with new safety fencing at the top completes the work on this section of Twin Wharf Road.

Planting underway in October with local environmental group, Fulton Hogans Community Outreach Programme. Plants supplied by Paremoremo Prison.

16 October 2024

Pavement work is underway. We are constructing the asphalt surface this week. Planting also gets underway this week in collaboration with the local community.

Watch aerial footage taken during September of the Twin Wharf Road work site (opens in a new tab).

An excavator spreads the fine metal layer on the road area. A roller operates in the background to compact the metal prior to final asphalt work. To the right of the image, the bank area has fresh topsoil, ready for planting.

27 September 2024

Stages 1 and 2 are finishing soon along Twin Wharf Road on Herald Island. The final road paving reinstatement is scheduled for mid to late October. Following this, work on the new staircase will begin next to the toilets at the wharf. Topsoil will be placed early in October on the upper bank. We will then start planting with guidance from the local environmental group.

Aerial view of the Twin Wharf Road work site. You can see the black matting supporting the underslip below the road and new timber retaining wall above the road.

4 September 2024

Stage 1 of the slip remediation work started in May 2024 and is nearly finished.

We have:

built a retaining wall on the embankment side
stabilised the bank on the seaward side
reinstated the footpath and carriageway.

Stage 2 of the slip remediation work started with the construction of a retaining wall adjacent to the temporary stairs. Before work continues, we will remove the temporary stairs.

Pedestrians will instead have to use the newly completed footpath along Twin Wharf Road after 2 September.

For Stage 3 we will construct a permanent stairway near the temporary stairs.

Excavator installing black safety fencing on Twin Wharf Road

21 August 2024

Work continues on the timber retaining wall on the bank side of the road.

A timber retaining wall with all piles now in. A construction worker stands behind the piles, installing the timber lagging. Plastic sheeting stops rainwater from further eroding the bank.

Timber piles and lagging on the top of the piles. A truck is shown working on the wall installation in the background.

1 August 2024

Work on Twin Wharf Road is progressing well. The retaining wall on the seaward side of the road is now complete, and the team have begun work on pole installation on the bank side.

Construction crew and machinery installing timber poles on a retaining wall alongside a dirt bank. A lower bank is covered with mesh and marked off with orange cones, and a pile of gravel is in the foreground.

27 June 2024

In April 2024, enabling works started on Twin Wharf Road, Herald Island, where the road and footpath have slumped towards the water. Work here is expected to take several months to complete, as works will be conducted in stages.

Temporary stairs are in place to provide access while soil nails are being installed to stabilise the bank.

Trees and soil bank with badly sagging road marked with orange cones

Digger working on mud and concrete road with black plastic sheeting covering nearby sloping bank

January 2024

Final design is being reviewed.

20 July 2023

Preliminary design is being reviewed.

3 May 2023

We are doing geotechnical testing and drafting initial designs to build a new retaining wall to replace the wall that collapsed.
We plan to begin construction in early 2024 and expect to be finished by mid-2024, weather permitting.

Road status: open

21 March 2025

Wade River Road opened on Friday 14 March 2025 after being closed since 7 January 2025. Thanks to the community for your patience and support during this work. Repairs to fix a major under-slip on a narrow part of the road involved the relocation of a power ple, drainage improvements, and the construction of a 105 metre-long timber retaining wall. The road had been reduced to one lance since the early 2023 storm events.

A completed Wade River Road with new timber retaining wall supporting the road.

7 March 2025

The retaining wall area has been extended to 103m due to ground conditions. However, work is ahead of schedule and is expected to be completed around mid-March.

New timber piles for the retaining wall are installed in this area, with the road backfilled in behind.

13 February 2025

Work started on 7 January and consists of:

a 75-metre-long timber retaining wall
drainage improvements
pavement repair.

Because of the narrow road area, Wade River Road is closed in this area. Detours are in place, with expected completion in April 2025.

Wade River Road retaining wall under construction.

Aerial view looking back at the slip on Wade River Road.

5 December 2024

Vector are preparing to work on poles and power lines ahead of the road slip repair work. The work is planned to begin on 7 January 2025.

Work to repair the under-slip will include:

temporary relocation of overhead power cables
construction of a 75 m long timber retaining wall
finishing works such as road pavement repairs and drainage improvements.

Because of the narrow road area, Wade River Road will be closed in the work area. A road closure with resident only access (including visitors and deliveries) will be needed between numbers 126 and 115 Wade River Road. This is to safely carry out the works. Detours will operate either side of the work site.

Variable message sign (VMS) boards will be near the work site and residents will be sent an update letter early January before work starts.

A road with a large slip to the right and road cones placed down the middle. — The slip to the side of Wade River Road before work starts.

1 August 2024

We are currently finalising the design and price for the repairs. We are working with Vector, as they will need to move power lines and power poles before our work can begin.

January 2024

Design is being finalised.

20 July 2023

Design in progress.

25 May 2023

We are undertaking geotechnical testing and initial designs to build a new retaining wall to replace the damaged one. We plan to begin construction in early 2024 and, weather permitting, expect to be finished by mid-2024.

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Reported sites and slip repairs as of 28 February 2025

Completed slip repair sites

Albany Heights Road, Albany Heights

Bush Road, Albany

Duck Creek Road, Stillwater

East Coast Road, Redvale

Elmore Road, Lucas Heights

Hibiscus Coast Highway, Hatfields Beach

Raymond Terrace, Birkenhead

Twin Wharf Road, Herald Island

Wade River Road, Wade Heads

Other slip repairs