{"id":357141,"date":"2026-03-31T17:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357141\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:32:13","slug":"sunlive-bridge-slip-stabilised-but-cycle-path-stays-shut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357141\/","title":{"rendered":"SunLive &#8211; Bridge slip stabilised but cycle path stays shut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contractors have stabilised the slip around the Wairoa Bridge on State Highway 2 caused by last week\u2019s weather system.<\/p>\n<p>Tauranga was doused with 147mm of rain, well above its monthly average of 98mm, as the sub-tropical storm passed over the country on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Wairoa Bridge slip was assessed by geotechnical experts on Friday and the attached cycleway was closed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi said today that contractors had carried out temporary response works to stabilise the slip and protect affected underground services<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContractors worked through the weekend to complete the initial mitigation measures,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe highway remains open and is being closely monitored. It is safe for traffic to continue using the route.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cycle path will remain closed until further notice while assessments continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Contractors have stabilised the slip around the Wairoa Bridge on State Highway 2 caused by last week\u2019s weather&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-357141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357141","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=357141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}