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
(updated 26 January 2012)
Road closure application form (PDF, 44KB)
Temporary road closure - Shakespeare Road
(Contractor Downer NZ Ltd)
From Monday, 9 January 2012, Shakespeare Road will be closed to through traffic for approximately four weeks.
The road closure will be between the driveway access to properties No. 26-28 to enable the installation of a retaining wall.
To access properties 1 to 28 Shakespeare Road, the lower Georgetti Road entrance should be used. Properties numbered 32 and upwards may be accessed from the higher Georgetti Road entrance.
Pedestrian and vehicle access will not be available through the work site.
Proposal to close road(s)/street(s) to vehicular traffic
Tokomaru West Road
Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the Wanganui District Council, for the purpose of a hillclimb event by the Wanganui Car Club, proposes to close the following road(s)/street(s) to ordinary vehicular traffic for the period(s) indicated hereunder.
Road proposed to be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic:
Tokomaru West Road from the start of the gravel, 5.6km from the Brunswick Road junction, for a distance of 3km.
Period of proposed closure:
Sunday, 18 March 2012, from 9.00am to 6.00pm.
During the proposed period of closure, the following provision will be made for ordinary vehicular traffic which would otherwise use the road:
The Wanganui Car Club will allow controlled access through Tokomaru West Road.
Any person objecting to the proposal is called upon to lodge notice of their objection and grounds thereof in writing before 19 February 2012 at the office of the Wanganui District Council, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui.
Road maintenance
(updated 22 November 2011)
Urban road resealing programme for 2011/12
View map (PDF, 846KB) of urban roads that will be resealed during the 2011/12 financial year.
Footpath renewal programme for 2011/12
View map (PDF, 898KB) of the footpath renewal work that will be done in the 2011/12 financial year.
Wastewater separation works
(updated 5 December 2011)
View map (PDF, 89KB) of wastewater work planned for December 2011 and January 2012.
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