Waitomo District Council’s road renewal and rehab construction season has not slowed down despite the summer months ending.

Three major renewal projects have recently started and other roading projects throughout the district have also been completed.

Council contractor Schick Civil Construction has this week started rehabilitation works on a section of Walker Road in Te Kūiti. Works include widening about a kilometre of road and raising the road surface as well as other safety improvements. The final road surface will be chipseal.

Works will take about eight weeks, with completion due in early June.

Construction has also kicked off on Te Anga and Te Waitere Roads.

General Manager Infrastructure Services, Shyamal Ram says even though we are coming up to the winter season when roading construction stops, the roading department is always busy year-round.

“Our road resealing and maintenance season typically runs from October to April and is timed to take advantage of daylight saving and the warmer weather, however we try to fit in as much work as possible before the winter weather kicks in.

“When we are not busy fixing roads there is still a lot of work that happens in the background from lengthy and detailed forward-planning, preparing contracts, writing reports and responding to Council service requests.

“We are a small team, but we certainly punch above our weight.”