Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says road crews are monitoring the state highway network in the Bay of Plenty to ensure the safe movement of essential goods like medical supplies to hospitals and food to supermarkets during New Zealand’s COVID-19 response.
Works to repair an unstable section of embankment at Ōpōnae, three kilometres east of Waiata Road in the Waiōeka Gorge, will get underway from Monday 6 April and is expected to be completed before the end of May.