Our contractor Downer have been making the most of the fine weather with excellent progress on the upgrade to the Miro Street road surface.
The work is being carried out between the Crown Road intersection and No. 30 (Taupō Smash Repairs) and will see damaged kerbing and channelling replaced and extensive work done to replace the existing pavement and road surface with a more durable one. Taupō District Council infrastructure manager Denis Lewis said the work was going well, with the existing road surface being completely removed and a new asphalt surface installed.
“We’ll be putting down a whole new pavement and surface that will cope much better with the heavy vehicles that regularly use the road,” Mr Lewis said. “When this section of road was originally built in 1964 the surface was considered adequate for the types of vehicles using it, but things have come a long way since then!
“We regularly see very heavy vehicles on this road so we’ll be reinstating it with a new surface that has a really solid base and that will stand up to the weight and lateral stresses of the larger trucks. We’ve been working with our contractor to try to minimise the impact of this work on local businesses, and we’d like to thank all those affected for their patience – this is going to make a huge difference to our busy industrial area.”
Mr Lewis said the work was expected to be completed by the end of March, weather permitting, and asked the community to continue to use caution around the work site and to follow the guidance of the traffic management team.
