Our main offices will be closed Easter Weekend. Refuse collection will not take place on Good Friday, 29 March. Areas, where refuse is collected on Fridays, will instead have collections on Saturday, 30 March. This affects the Te Teko, Edgecumbe, Poroporo and White Pine Bush areas. Refuse will be collected on all other days as normal.
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Road Status Updates

Status Location Date(s) Details
Tree removal and kerb and channel, Mananui Crescent, Whakatane Road Works Mananui Crescent - Mananui Crescent 28 March 12:15pm Removal of Trees and upgrade of Kerb and Channel on Mananui Crescent.
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McLeans Road Bridge - Safety Improvements Road Works McLeans Road - McLeans Road 27 March 5:30pm Safety Improvements to McLean Road Bridge - Manual Traffic Control will be in place during this period
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Rangi Road Seal Extension Closed Rangi Road - Rangi Road 27 March 5:30pm Road Closed- Resident Access only Rangi Road - Sealing is booked for week of April 1, 2024, weather permitting.
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Pavement Maintenance Works Road Works Eivers Road. Peace St, Oak Pl, Amber Gr, Brabant St & Landing Road - Whakatane 14 March 4:45pm Night Works to complete pavement maintenance on various Whakatane Roads - Eivers Road. Peace St, Oak Pl, Amber Gr, Brabant St & Landing Road. Night Work to be completed between 6pm and 6am daily from 17 March to 3 May 2024. At all times resident access is to be maintained.
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Matahina Dam Road Closure Closed Galatea Road - Galatea Road 14 March 8:45am Dam road maintenance 9th and 10th April 2024 - Road Closure/ detour Closed 7am to 6pm over these two days.
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Opurana Road Seal Extension Closed Opurana Road - Opurana Road 26 February 12:00pm Opurana Road Seal Extension - Road closed to residents only
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Mimiha Stream Bridge Upgrade Road Works Ruatahuna Road - Ruatahuna Road 13 February 8:15am Construction work will begin on the upgrade of the Mimiha Stream Bridge in Ruatahuna, 19 February through to 20 September 2024 A temporary bridge will be accessible to motorists while the new bridge is being built. Traffic Management will be in place from 19 February.
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Service Cover Adjustments Open Commerce Street - Commerce Street 7 February 12:00pm Pre-seal repairs and adjusting the service covers - Fulton Hogan - widely across town.
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Boat Ramp Resealing Works Open with caution Muriwai Drive Boat Ramp Carpark - Muriwai Drive Boat Ramp Carpark 25 January 5:00pm Remedial seal repairs at the main Whakatāne Boat Ramp, so that our car park facilities are maintained. Works will take approximately two weeks and have been scheduled to cause as little disruption as possible to the public and users. Commencement dates for these works to be undertaken are: 1st of Feb 2024 25th March 2024 or the 1st of May 2024.
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Stanley Road Storm Damage Repair Closed Stanley Road - Stanley Road 10 January 12:30pm As of 2pm Thursday 14 March, Stanley Road has temporarily re-opened in full. Road users are now temporarily able to use the road; however we urge all motorists to stay alert and drive with caution when passing through the site. The area directly around the site will then close again to all traffic next Wednesday, 20 March at 8am, reopening the following day on Thursday, 21 March at 5pm. From this time, the road will then operate under priority give way for approximately two weeks. A reminder that while these closures are in place, our contractor Tracks, will assist all school pupils with controlled access in the mornings and in the afternoons to ensure they can continue to use the school bus.
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Whakatane Watermain Renewal Package 1 Open with caution Pohutu Street - Pohutu Street 14 December 11:15am Watermains Renewal Package 1 - Pohutu Street until the end of March
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Peace Street Improvement and Draianage Works Closed Peace Street - Peace Street 4 October 4:30pm CLOSED (Between McAlister and McGarvey Roads) whilst improvements are made on Peace Street Drainage and Road Improvements. Detours in place via Pohutu Street.
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Permanent Repair Works - Braemar Road Open with caution Braemar Road - Braemar Road 7 July 4:00pm Construction works will start on the site on Monday, 18 March 2024 and are expected to take approximately eight weeks to complete. We are expecting construction to be completed by approximately Friday, 10 May 2024 (weather dependent). Please note, heavy machinery will begin operating in the area this coming Tuesday (5 March) as preparation works commence. Due to the nature of work involved, construction will be completed under a full road closure for all road users for this section of Braemar Road.
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Manawahe Road - Ongoing Works Open with caution Manawahe Road - Manawahe Road 22 May 11:15am The road is open to traffic. WDC currently looking at options and presenting these to the community. Hui held Thursday 7 December at the Manawahe Hall.
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Thornton Road Safety Improvements, Smith to Walker Roads Road Works Thornton Road - Thornton Road 29 August 12:00pm Project work associated with safety improvements for Thornton Road from Smith Road to Walker Road.
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State Highway maintenance

The following maintenance activities are taking place on State Highways within the Whakatāne District. Only roadworks that are expected to have an impact on travel times are included. Council does not manage these activities; they are presented for informational purposes only.

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