Otaki TodayRāhui Road is to be the site of the next bout of Ōtaki’s ongoing road works.
Mill Road is closed at the BP roundabout. Photo Ōtaki Today
The road will be closed for three months from mid-November as workers install the last two of 44 manholes in a significant wastewater upgrade. Traffic will need to use Te Manuao Road on the plateau, as it did several years ago when the Rāhui expressway bridge was built.
The September Ōtaki Community Board meeting was advised that the pipe being laid up Mill Road will continue under the expressway and along Rāhui Road to Freemans Road, and into Te Roto Road by the race course. That work is scheduled for the new year.
The board was also told that the road surface on Aotaki Street from Riverbank Road to Kauri Street will be completely resurfaced. The recent road works have given motorists a bumpy ride. The board hopes to get more of the road resurfaced.
Work crews have advanced sewer pipe works past Rangatira Street on Aotaki Street along to the frontage of Fresh Choice.
The roundabout at Fresh Choice was due to be partially closed on Tuesday (Sept 9). Work on the roundabout is due to start in mid-September.
Meantime, locals can expect Mill Road between Hariata Street and the old state highway roundabout to remain closed to traffic for another 5-6 weeks.
Traffic going to the township from the highway currently has to use Waerenga Road and in reverse. Dunstan Street remains open, but is blocked at Mill Road. Domain Road is busier as traffic negotiates the closures farther east on Mill Road.
There’s access for residents within the working area and workers are on site during work hours to help direct people in and out of their properties.
During the closure, workers are installing a manhole and progressing the trench in the road up to the roundabout. Works are expected to reach the roundabout in late-September, and work on the roundabout to begin in early October.
Motorists should take care around the multiple Ōtaki roadworks as traffic management changes as the work progresses.
There will be a break in construction works over the December/January period to give retailers and the community a holiday from the works.
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