25 Jan 2023

Damaged road to Coromandel coast to stay closed overnight at long weekends

From Checkpoint, 5:34 pm on 25 January 2023

A main Coromandel highway is literally cracking, forcing significant travel restrictions with two long holiday weekends looming.

Waka Kotahi is investigating the cause of the signficant fissures on State Highway 25A - the link to the eastern side of the peninsula.

It's the road used by Aucklanders and Hamiltonians to get to holiday hot spots like Whangamata, Pauanui, Tairua, Hahei and Whitianga.

Waka Kotahi Waikato System Manager Cara Lauder talks to Lisa Owen.