Road and Highway Conditions

Ventia will be carrying out drainage renewals and trenching activities from 2 February to 13 February 2026.

Traffic will be managed via a Stop/Go system and there will be shoulder closures.

The current phase of Hetherington Road stormwater upgrade is now complete. Further work is being planned for autumn this year - we'll let you know more closer to the time. 

See more about this project here

Over the next five months, from late September 2025 to March 2026, Hopper Construction will be undertaking the site development earthworks and infrastructure upgrades for a new subdivision at 925 Purangi Road Cooks Beach.

Work will take place in two separate areas:

• the primary works area at 925 Purangi Road
• secondary works on Purangi Road, between edge of road to boundary with the tennis courts and community centre.

A traffic management plan will be in place from 22 September until 31 March 2026. It will include stop/go signs and shoulder closures.

• Our contractor Hopper Construction will be doing site development earthworks and infrastructure upgrades for a new subdivision at 2a Pohutukawa Grove in Whitianga (the cul-de-sac end).
• This is a long-term project that is scheduled to run from 5 January to 31 August 2026, with works taking place from 6:00am to 6:00pm.
• Work will be done using a combination of shoulder closures, truck crossings and road closures, as required.
• Affected residents have been notified by letter and they will have access to their properties at all times.

NZTA Waka Kotahi has signed a contract with Fulton Hogan to replace Tairua’s Pepe Stream Bridge on State Highway 25 with a new two-lane bridge and pedestrian walkway. 

Funding was confirmed last year for the project as part of a national priority bridge replacement programme, which includes two other SH25 Coromandel bridges. The project has a $22 million budget.

Construction should be underway in spring of this year, with traffic on the new bridge by December 2027.

SH25 through Tairua will remain open while the new bridge is built and the old one demolished, with occasional brief closures at night.

The bridge will replace the current single-lane structure, built in 1943, and the current wooden pedestrian bridge.

A 3-metre wide shared path will be on the seaward (eastern) side of the new bridge, and a 1.5-metre footpath on the western side. A pedestrian crossing with a safety refuge is planned near the Pepe Road intersection.

Engineering consultancy WSP will support the design and preparation of resource consent applications.

Read more here and get the latest NZTA project news for our district at nzta.govt.nz/thames-coromandel

State Highways are controlled by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi. Check their website for State Highway status updates. 

With work still underway at sites along SH25, it's important that motorists drive to the conditions.

To keep contractors and road users safe, signage is in place to give advance warning of worksites and potential hazards such as slippery or uneven surfaces. Please follow any temporary speed restrictions and reduce your speed as you approach these sites.

A section of the Tapu-Coroglen Road, around the square kauri, will be under stop-go traffic management, with some shoulder closures, between Monday 26 January (Anniversary holiday) until work is completed around 1 May 2026.

The works consists of earthworks, drainage, bench and backfill, batter trimming and pavement reinstatement.