{"id":189091,"date":"2025-12-17T23:46:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/189091\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:46:06","slug":"motu-rd-slip-road-to-stay-closed-for-months-as-major-fix-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/189091\/","title":{"rendered":"Motu Rd slip: Road to stay closed for months as major fix planned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBecause the road bench appears to be gone, any repairs will likely be large-scale and require careful planning before works can begin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\" Motu Rd usually carries around 35 vehicles a day and many cyclists use it. Photo \/  Karen Richardson\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/> Motu Rd usually carries around 35 vehicles a day and many cyclists use it. Photo \/  Karen Richardson<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">The council would continue to monitor the slip\u2019s movement, and the road would remain closed while further investigation work was carried out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Wiseman said it was a hazardous area \u2013 debris was still moving, and large rocks and vegetation continued to fall, so the public should keep well clear of the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Motu Rd usually carried around 35 vehicles a day and many cyclists used it as its own ride, or to access the upper part of the Pakihi Track. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Pakihi Track was still open and cyclists could get to the start of the trail from SH2 via the Matawai and Motu villages, with shuttles available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Wiseman said the initial report provided several early options once the area had stabilised, but none of them would be simple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis isn\u2019t a straightforward \u2018clear and repair\u2019 situation \u2013 a section of the road has been completely taken out by the slip,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cPossible solutions include rerouting the road to bypass the slip (which would mean building more than 1km of road through challenging terrain); retreating the road or clearing the slip and constructing bridge works across the lost road bench.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\" The site of the 100m slip is too unstable for any clearing works.  Photo \/  Karen Richardson\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/> The site of the 100m slip is too unstable for any clearing works.  Photo \/  Karen Richardson<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Wiseman said before any decisions could be made, the area needed time to settle with further investigations then required. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cInvestigative works will continue, and we\u2019ll also need to approach Waka Kotahi NZTA to help cover the costs of this work. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cSo, unfortunately, the road will remain closed through Christmas, likely throughout the summer months and possibly longer, depending on what is decided. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe know how much this is impacting local residents and businesses and we appreciate everyone\u2019s patience and understanding,\u201d Wiseman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBecause the road bench appears to be gone, any repairs will likely be large-scale and require careful planning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[806,8530,5201,11585,3597,2082,12898,120,661,3234,118563,111,43,139,69,26346,1562,2642,13120,1314,13109,5257,64572,2069,61,4576],"class_list":["post-189091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-as","tag-carried","tag-closed","tag-eastern","tag-fix","tag-for","tag-investigation","tag-likely","tag-major","tag-months","tag-motu","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-planned","tag-plenty","tag-rd","tag-remain","tag-road","tag-several","tag-significant","tag-slip","tag-stay","tag-to","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}