Golden Valley Road Repairs

Here's a few pictures of the repairs to Golden Velley Road from ground level.....

To stabilise the top bank over 40 piles, shown in the pictures, have been drilled down 4 metres.

With everything going to plan and weather permitting, Golden Valley Road will be open soon - we will update you on that as soon as we can!

There's been some big changes out on Golden Valley Road, the contractors have been on site for a month and look at the changes....

Above: Golden Valley Road prior to the clearance of excess vegetation before work began.Above: After vegetation was cleared.

Above: Golden Valley Road 2 weeks into construction.

Work to rebuild the section of Golden Valley Road in Waihī that collapsed after heavy rains in May 2023 will begin next week.

“This will be welcome news for the local residents. It’s been a big exercise to align budgets, design and contractors so we’re very pleased to see this work get the green light”, said mayor, Toby Adams.

“It’s been a long haul, and everyone will be very happy to see this road re-established. Our thanks to the local residents and community for their patience and understanding while we’ve been on this journey. It’s a relief to see that the destination is within sight.”

The rebuild repairs a five metre deep slip which removed approximately 66 metres of the road. There was a total of three slips which made Golden Valley Road impassable for pedestrians and vehicles at the Landlyst Road end (between RP 0.770 and RP 1.220).

To reduce the chance of a repeat event at the site, the rebuild includes a 125 metre road realignment along with retaining walls, backfilling and earthworks. Contractors, Ventia Ltd, plan to establish on site on Monday 17 February.

The planned completion date is April 2025, excluding any unforeseen rain days or underground surprises.

“We know the length of time between the road collapse and start of the repair has been considerable”, said Services Group Manager, Adrian de Laborde.

“The difficulty was that the storm damage was not as a direct result of Cyclone Gabrielle, so the works didn’t qualify for the Government’s repair fund for that event. It’s taken a bit to balance the books but now that we’ve got a full budget approved, we’re eager to get going.”

We have been working hard in the background getting plans finalised for the repairs to Golden Valley Road.

Now that we have, we are just waiting on a works progamme from our contractor for the work to begin.

As soon as we have a start date we will let you know!