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Extreme weather events in 2023 caused damage to roads throughout Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland. On this page, you can stay up to date on the progress of repair works in your area.
West Auckland road updates
Not all sites are listed on this page, as some have already been repaired. Design work on others is still ongoing, and other roads will be added as we work through the programme. Works may be completed on some roads without being added to this page, depending on the scale of the work and the number of residents affected.
We ask for patience as we work to repair more than 2,000 sites across Auckland.
To report new issues, please contact us.
22 January 2025
Our contractor will start work on two slips located on Bethells Road between Stoney Creek Drive and Duffy Road on 3 February 2025.
The road will be under Full Road Closure during the works, which is expected to take 10 weeks. (Weather dependent)
During the closure, the detour route is via Te Henga Road. Residents and their visitors will have access to their properties from either side of the closure. The full closure signage will be set up from Stoney Creek Road and Duffy Road to ensure that drivers have a safe place to turn around.
22 January 2025
There are multiple slip sites along Huia Road. We are looking for ways to keep one lane open on all sites while work in progress. We will update the community before works start on any of these sites.
81 Huia Road – Works started on 6 January 2025. There is a full road closure during the first stage of these works. We expect the full closure to last up to 3 weeks, and then the road will be open to one lane from 27 January 2025.
Traffic will have to divert through Woodlands Park Road. The work includes building a retaining wall, drainage works and pavement works. Properties each side of the slip will only have access from their side of the closure.
In the first half of 2025, we plan to start work on:
- 370 Huia Road
- 634 Huia Road
- 100m past Cornwallis Road
- 100m past Kaitarakihi Road.
We are investigating one more site. Once the plan is confirmed, we will update the community about estimated work dates.
15 January 2025
Slip repair works are now complete on Karekare Road, and the road is fully open. Our maintenance contractor will be reviewing the road for potholes that need repair.
Work started on 15 January 2025 on the final slip on Lone Kauri Road. This slip is located around 500m past La Trobe Track.
There will be a full road closure at this location 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is below property number 174 Lone Kauri Road. Resident and visitors will have access from each end of Lone Kauri Road until the repair is completed. We expect this work will take up to 2 months.
Closed - Residents and emergency services access only from Waitākere Road end.
Work is under way on the repair design.
We aim to restore this connection for the community in the first half of 2025 and will provide a start date once this is confirmed.
18 December 2024
Repairs for Konini Road are in the final design phase.
Konini Road repairs will start in the first quarter of 2025, and we will provide an update once we have a start date confirmed.
4 November 2024
Repairs for Konini Road are in the design phase.
We do not plan to start works on Konini Road while Scenic Drive is closed. Konini Road repairs will start in 2025, after Scenic Drive. From Woodlands Park to Titirangi is open to traffic.
15 January 2025
Work started on 15 January 2025 on Lone Kauri Road on the final slip which is located around 500m past La Trobe Track.
There will be a full road closure 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at this location. It is below property number 174 Lone Kauri Road. Residents and visitors will have access from each end of Lone Kauri Road until the repair is completed. We expect this work will take up to 2 months.
6 December 2024
Work on Mountain Road is still moving. At first we thought we would finish the programme by the end of 2024. Work on Mountain Road is restricted by the narrow width of the road. It is hard to move equipment. That can restrict how many repair activities we can do at the same time. We had to make a change to the programme so that:
- different crews are not competing for safe workspace
- we don’t truck resources through sites that are not safe for the loads.
For safety and access reasons some reinstatement works will extend into the new year.
Of the 10 sites, we will complete:
- 7 sites by December 2024
- 2 sites by the end of January 2025
- the final site at the end of March 2025.
18 December 2024
We are doing geotech monitoring on Ngaio Road and working on the repair design for this slip. A section of the road is coned off, though a newly created pedestrian path will keep people safe and keep vehicles off the damaged section.
Because we need to provide safe passage for pedestrians, we have had to extend the pedestrian walkway onto the road. This has narrowed the carriageway to around 4 metres, which is not enough space for 2 lanes and offers no visibility for giving way. Please use the detour route.
This repair is currently in design, and this work is scheduled for the first half of 2025. The repair will include a retaining wall and pavement works.
20 November 2024
We have a final design confirmed for the major slip on Paturoa Road. Although the design is ready, we have found that the timber pole retaining wall nearby is also failing. We are in the design process for the repair of this wall. We will need to complete this work first so that we have secure access to the main site. We will update the community when the work starts. In the meantime, a crew will occasionally be onsite. They will be drilling a bore hole for investigation at this location.
While the slips on Paturoa Road are significant to fix, the repair work is important. Paturoa Road provides an alternative option for Titirangi Beach Road, Aydon Road and Mahoe Road.
4 November 2024
Works on the slip site at 73 Piha Road were completed in December 2023.
After further monitoring of this location – we are working on the design of an extended area to be supported by an additional retaining wall.
We are working through finalising the plans for this new section of retaining wall, and plan to start work on the construction in the Summer of 2024/25.
31 July 2024
47 to 49 Rayner Road, Piha
Flexi-posts have been installed to keep vehicles away from the slip side of the road. The weight restriction is lifted. Our contractor is continuing to monitor this section of the road.
There are 2 slip sites left here, relatively close to each other:
- scenic site 6
- scenic site 8.
Both are large slips that need full road closures to repair and rebuild.
We could not start these sites until we finished repairing the slip close to 412 Scenic Drive. This was so we could maintain access for residents who live between the 2 current sites, and the site completed at 412 Scenic Drive. We then restored access for these residents through the West Coast Road end.
We first planned to complete both site 6 and 8 at the same time. However, the contractors need to have access from both ends of each slip site to complete the major excavation and reconstruction.
Access to Arataki Visitor Centre is available from the Titirangi side of Scenic Drive.
Scenic Drive site 8
The team is working on the first of the 2 sites (scenic site 8) which we should complete in a few weeks. After clearing the site, and initial earthworks, we needed to build a temporary retaining wall. This was to support the machinery for the piling of the permanent wall. We have now built the permanent retaining wall and the road is being reconstructed behind the wall.
Scenic Drive site 6
Works will begin afterwards on the second site (scenic site 6). This site has quite an extensive failure. It spans from the slope above the road to the slope below the road.
The design is for a concrete piled, tied-back wall.
We expect this will take at least 4 months to complete, depending on weather. Once we have a start date, we will be able to give an estimated end date.
20 December 2024
Scenic Drive, from Woodlands Park Road to Titirangi Roundabout is open now to traffic.
There are some minor finishing items to complete, which will be done after Huia Road is open to traffic. These finishing items will not require a full closure, but may have traffic management in place.
The section of Scenic Drive with slip repairs completed and open to traffic.
30 May 2024
Interim road repair works at this site are complete, and the road is open both ways. We are pleased to have this important connection open for the community. We will do a final road reseal when other drainage works in this area are finished.
What happens next?
Final design plans are progressing for this site. A series of fan drains will be installed to reduce pore pressure from within the slip. We are working with property owners in this section of the road to finalise plans for these works. After we complete the drainage then the final repair will be made to the road pavement.
The road pavement and road surface drainage repairs will be from approximately driveway of 469 Scenic Drive to driveway of 461 Scenic Drive.
22 January 2025
The road 163 Simpson Road is complete with the road open to traffic. There are a few finishing items to complete but this will be managed with minimal disruption to traffic. Thank you for your patience while we completed this work.
20 November 2024
Work will begin on the slip outside 4 Taunton Terrace on Wednesday 27 November. We expect the work to take 7 weeks, weather dependent.
Work will pause between 19 December 2024 and 6 January 2025 for the Christmas shut down. We expect to finish this repair by the end of January 2025.
The repairs will include vegetation clearing, soil nailing and shotcreting (sprayed concrete).
Walkway closed during works
The section of walkway below this site (The Manukau Coastal Walkway, Taunton Terrace) will be closed during working hours to make sure the public are kept safe from any debris that may come loose during construction.
Road closed during works
The work requires a full road closure to complete the repairs. Residents will have limited vehicle access during the workday. We will operate the following timetable:
8:45am to 12:15pm - road closed for works
12:15pm to 1pm - road open for resident access only
1pm to 3:15pm - road closed for works
3:15pm to 4pm - road open for resident access only
4pm to 5:30pm - road closed for works
From 5:30pm to 8:45am the next day and on weekends - road open with one lane access under priority give way.
Emergency vehicle access will be managed by the crew on site.
22 January 2025
Most of the work on this repair has been completed. The team are finalising the plan for the installation of a rail along the edge of the works, and we will notify the community when this work will take place.
We expect this will be done on stop- go traffic management.
Thank you to the community who have been so amazing throughout the road closure.
The underpass is closed at the bridge at the intersection of Waitākere Road and Bethells Road.
We have installed extra crossing signs and hit sticks on the approach to Bethells Road Waitākere Road (township end) to improve visibility and safety.
On 1 April 2023, the speed limit was lowered to 60km/hr near the intersection (between 190 metres north of Bethells Road and 220 metres south of Township Road).
6 September 2024
We are currently designing the repair to the underpass. It is not safe for pedestrians to use.
We will update you when repair works begin.
The bridge is also scheduled for scour protection works. We will check if there have been changes to the stream bed below the bridge and make any necessary repairs.
18 December 2024
The slip is between Parker Road and Carter Road where the road goes over the stream, and a culvert goes under the road.
We will build a new retaining wall and upgrade drainage on both sides of the road. We are finalising the design plans for this site and will will update the community with the start date, which we expect will be in the first quarter of 2025.
The retaining wall above the stream has failed. We will rebuild it.
22 January 2025
Work will begin on the slip located on Whatipu Road from 17 February 2025. We expect works to take up to 8 weeks, weather dependent.
The work will include soil nailing and spraying a concrete face on the surface of the slip. Due to the width of the road and the size of the machinery used for the work, the road will be fully closed during the workdays.
Full Road Closure:
Monday to Friday: 8am to 5.30pm. The road will be open from 12pm to 1pm each day for access and will open early (from 3.30pm) on Fridays.
Emergency access: Access will be made available for Emergency response vehicles as quickly as possible should an emergency arise.
18 December 2024
Work on the repair design has been reviewed and we are making changes to the design to reduce risk of flooding further down stream. As this road is part of the detour route for 81 Huia Road, we will schedule the repair work after that repair is completed, pending completion of the design.
We will update the community with the start date as soon as it is set.
