Road closures and conditions

This page contains information about closures and restrictions on Wanganui District roads, including:

• Emergency conditions (e.g. flooding, slips)
• Road closures for public events
• Road maintenance
• Roads affected by wastewater separation works

For information about State Highways, please visit the AA Roadwatch web site.

Emergency conditions

Information about emergency conditions in the Wanganui District is available here.

Bridge restrictions

Bridges where weight and speed restrictions apply are listed on this page (PDF).

Events and temporary road closures

Road closure application form (PDF, 44KB)

(updated 26 August 2010)

No listings at present.

Road maintenance

Whanganui River Road seal extension

This is a joint Wanganui and Ruapehu District Council roading project to extend seal approximately 32km on the Whanganui River Road and Pipiriki-Raetihi Road over a six-year period. This $8.5 million project is 79% subsidised by Central Government as a regional funded project to develop tourism in the region and promote local employment opportunities, either directly or indirectly as a consequence of this project.

During 2010, work has been continuing to extend the sealed road along the Whanganui River Road and the Pipiriki-Raetihi Road. The section between Matahiwi and Ranana is now complete. The next phase will take place from the district boundary towards Jerusalem. Two years remain on this project to entirely seal the remainder of the Whanganui River Road.

Contact the Roading team at Infrastructure services for further details, phone (06) 349 0531.

Urban road resealing programme for 2010/11

The following urban roads will be resealed during the 2010/11 financial year. The length of road to be resealed is also shown.

Airport Road (719m)
Allison Street (100m)
Aranui Avenue (129m)
Ash Place (79m)
Balmoral Crescent (90m)
Bassett Street (112m)
Beaumaris Avenue (98m)
Broughton Street (296m)
Camellia Avenue (296m)
Carlton Avenue Extension (353m)
Caversham Road (380m)
Clarkson Avenue (217m)
Cornwall Road (173m)
Durie Street (185m)
Durie Street (365m)
Durie Vale Road (548m)
East Way (250m)
Embassy service lane (155m)
Fergusson Street (340m)
Fitzherbert Avenue (176m)
Glasgow Street (364m)
Glasgow Street (301m)
Gonville Avenue (210m)
Grey Street (444m)
Guyton Street (371m)
Guyton Street (75m)
Hillside Terrace (180m)
Iwiroa Terrace (55m)
Kelsi Street (145m)
Kelvin Street (128m)
Landguard Road (561m)
London Street (502m)
Maple Place (73m)
Maxwell Avenue (699m)
May Street (268m)
Mitchell Street (557m)
Moray Place (92m)
Murray Street (188m)
Nathan Street (160m)
Owen Street (122m)
Park Place (148m)
Peat Street (490m)
Photinia Place (80m)
Plunket Street (59m)
Portal Street (589m)
Poynter Place (103m)
Queen Street (78m)
Rawhiti Place (147m)
Rees Street (174m)
Roberts Avenue (1776m)
Smithfield Road (258m)
Somme Parade (807m)
Springvale Road (537m)
Spurdle Street (305m)
Taupo Quay (485m)
Tawa Street (648m)
Taylor Street East (99m)
Terrace House service lane (122m)
Toi Street (565m)
Wairere Road (887m)
Waitai Street (51m)
Wicksteed Street (221m)
Wilson Street (230m)
Young Street (648m)

Footpath renewal programme for 2010/11

Bignell Street (432m) - Kings Avenue to Abbot Street
Grey Street (380m) - College Street to Liverpool Street
Kawakawa Street (300m) - Nixon Street to Nile Street
Marshall Avenue (435m) - Anzac Parade to Millward Street
Niblett Street (210m) - Dublin Street to Liverpool Street
Puriri Street (330m) - Alma Road to York Street
Smithfield Road (280m) - Moore Avenue to London Street
Windsor Terrace (210m) - Maxwell Avenue to end of road

Wastewater separation works

(updated 1 September 2010)

Temporary road closure
Moore Avenue at the intersection with Alma Road
WDC Contract No. 1427: Separation Carlton 7
Contractor: ID Loader Ltd

Moore Avenue, from the intersection with Alma Road, will be closed to through traffic from 7.00am Thursday, 2 September 2010, until 6.00pm on Tuesday, 21 December 2010, and 7.00am on Monday, 10 January 2011, until 6.00pm on Friday, 28 January 2011, for the purpose of installing new storm and foul sewers.

Vehicle access to residential properties on the closed section will be available initially from the Smithfield Road end. As work progresses along Moore Avenue, access for residential properties will progressively become available from the Alma Road end. At times vehicle access to individual properties will be restricted.

A signposted detour will not be provided. View map