Summer road resealing programme
Every year, Taupo District Council carries out a summer resealing programme as part of our planned maintenance schedule. Resealing repairs defects in the existing road surface and reduces the rate of further deterioration, ensuring our roads remain safe and able to cope with the amount of traffic using them.
We do this work in the summer months when there are no frosts, which can damage the new seal surface. The road seal is similar to paint on a house; it stops moisture from getting in, which in a cold snap will expand and cause cracking, which in turn will cause potholing. To make sure we get the maximum life out of our roads therefore, we carry out any structure repairs in spring and then do the accompanying reseals in the warm dry summer months.
In our district temperature extremes, large traffic flows in summer when the seal is soft, and high numbers of heavy vehicles mean that our roads take a real pounding. In some cases roads are visibly in need of repair, but at other times they may appear to be in good order but inspection has shown that the surface needs attention before it deteriorates; it costs a lot less to do reseals before the underlying road base is damaged.
Our team regularly assess the state of our roads and prioritise which of them need repair. Priority is given to roads with surface cracking, potholes and other issues which could pose a risk to motorists.
