I caught up with the team involved in strengthening the Insley Street seawall this week. Erosion over time has started to undermine the causeway at this location.
Insley Street will be widened and strengthened as part of the district’s roading resilience programme, aimed at protecting our shoreline and roads from future storm damage.
Insley Street is one of only three routes connecting Mangawhai with neighbouring districts. It has over 8,000 vehicles traveling over the road daily on average, making it a vital link for residents, businesses and visitors.
The project will see a three-meter-wide revetment and rock armouring to provide road support and enable safer walking and access.
The project cost is $630,000 with 62% of that cost being funded by NZTA and council covering the remaining 38%.
The work will be carried out by Kaipara-based Huband Contractors, who will work alongside the council's roading team and technical experts from Geonexus to deliver the project.
Work is expected to kick off after Easter and take around six to eight weeks to complete. During that time, traffic management will be in place with disruption kept to a minimum with contractors working to a construction methodology that will avoid full road closures.
Road users and residents will be kept informed as the project progresses via notifications and updates on Antenno and other channels.
Photo: Pictured L to R -Gordon Lambeth (Deputy Mayor and Councillor Wairoa Ward), Mayor Jonathan Larsen, Craig Jepson (Councillor Kaiwaka-Mangawhai Ward), Blair King (Kingston Infrastructure), Luke Canton (Councillor Kaiwaka-Mangawhai Ward), Zayne Cave (Huband Contractors), Varunesh Sinha (Kaipara District Council), Dwayne Claassen (Geonexus)
