The Waitangirua Link Road will be closed for up to five months while essential services are installed.
Work to improve electricity network resilience and increase drinking water services is being carried out for the fast-growing eastern suburbs.
Porirua City Council, Wellington Electricity, Wellington Water and Kāinga Ora are teaming up to carry out critical infrastructure service upgrades along the Waitangirua Link Road, at the same time.
This upgrade will increase resilience and supply for local residents and will benefit Porirua as a whole, but will cause traffic disruption during the work.
There will be a full closure of Waitangirua Link Road from 4 November – from Warspite Ave to the T-junction with Te Ara Kāpehu (formerly the Whitby Link Road). The work is expected to take up to five months to complete.
Porirua City Council General Manager Infrastructure Mike Mendonça said during the closure, drinking water pipes will be laid, along with cabling for electricity network upgrades.
“The decision has been made to fully close the road, so work crews have full access to the site. Teaming up to do this infrastructure work means we only need to close the road once, rather than twice, which would have been more inconvenient to road users.”
“Keeping the road partially open during the work would take longer and cost more. Once the cabling and pipework is completed, the road will be resurfaced.”
People who normally use the road will need to plan their trip in advance and allow extra time to reach their destination. We’re grateful in advance for everyone’s patience while this work is being carried out.
Once the work is complete and Waitangirua Link Road is back open, there will be a partial (one-lane) closure of part of Te Ara Kāpehu Link Road also to lay water pipes and power cabling.
The water pipes will connect to the new, larger reservoir to be built at the end of Stemhead Lane.
For more information: poriruacity.govt.nz/link-roads
18 Oct 2024
