A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
A tree removal programme is under way to address high-risk and dangerous trees along rural roadsides, Gisborne District Council says.
The trees programmed for removal were selected from five years of data from the council's Request For Service records, which highlighted known road closures caused by falling trees and branches.
The work will take place at Whakarau Road (500m to 8km), Lavenham Road (3.5km to13km), Kanakanaia Road (1.3km to 21km), Mata Road (upper from 2.3km to 16km), Ihungia Road (13km to 26km) and Lake Road (2.8km to 3km).
“In most cases the sites will be under stop/go traffic management and residents can expect delays of up to 15 minutes,” GDC journeys infrastructure manager Dave Hadfield said.
“However, for some sites where a large number of trees need to be felled, the wait could be up to three hours during off-peak times.
“The council will plan these closures around rural school bus runs and will provide advance warning to key stakeholders to allow road users to prepare.
“Where possible, contractors will align the work timeframes with the upcoming Port closure, while logging trucks and some other light vehicles won't be using the roads.”
Trucks carting logs into Eastland Port will stop from 1pm Saturday June 5 to 4am Monday June 14 to allow work to take place at Wharf 8.
