Hawkes Bay Today
  • Hawke's Bay Today home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Havelock North
  • Central Hawke's Bay
  • Tararua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Dannevirke
  • Gisborne

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Hawkes Bay Today

Error in road works leaves contractor with 'significant' bill

By Astrid Austin
Hawkes Bay Today·
23 Nov, 2018 05:00 PM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save
    Share this article
Russell Roads workmen redoing the top layers of Waimarama Rd. Photo / Paul Taylor
Russell Roads workmen redoing the top layers of Waimarama Rd. Photo / Paul Taylor

Russell Roads workmen redoing the top layers of Waimarama Rd. Photo / Paul Taylor

A roading contractor has been forced to re-seal a troublesome section of Waimarama Rd after failing to meet Hastings District Council standards.

Russell Roads was given the contract earlier this year to carry out pavement rehabilitation on 600m of the road, just south of Craggy Range vineyard - but last week was back again.

A council spokeswoman said there were issues with the shape of the road which could have resulted in spots of water pooling, affecting the longevity.

"As a result, the top layers of the road are being reconstructed."

She said Russell Roads was not being paid as the work did not meet the contract requirements.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Russell Roads owner, Robert Gale, said it was costing a "significant amount" to fix it.
"It's unfortunate, but Russell Roads stand by their work and we have gone back in at no cost to the ratepayers and fixed it," Gale said.

"During the stabilising construction of the surface he lost a little bit of the shape in the centre, which would mean over time water would lie on it and the only way to rectify that is to reshape it.

"They had a few issues with the cement trucks being late and they stabilised later in the day. They ran out of time and they had to rush and he didn't get to do his final trimmings."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

He said the error was in the middle of the road, where it was 40mm too low.

It is not the first time Russell Roads has come under fire.

In 2016, the company had to redo work just off the Tukituki Bridge heading west and the stretch of road 4km past the Ocean Beach turnoff, as potholes, chips and corrugation of the road's surface had plagued the road since resurfacing work began in September of that year. The council called for a review.

Gale said that did not cost Russell Roads. "I can't comment around that project, that was council and the designer's issue, not Russell Roads issue."

Discover more

Russell Roads plans quarry expansion

27 Nov 12:36 AM

Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst says Council has a "really robust contracting process for all contractors, and Russell Roads is no exception".

"In this case, Russell Roads has repaired the damaged road to no extra cost to ratepayers. The safety of our community is our top priority and we expect our roads to be finished to the highest standard to keep our community safe."

Save
    Share this article

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

Hawkes Bay Today
|Updated

Fire sweeps through Flaxmere home, four taken to hospital as precaution

Hawkes Bay Today

A 7yo created an imaginary restaurant in his bedroom - his father decided to bring it to life

Hawkes Bay Today

Temu yanks T-shirts from sale after iwi trademark complaint


Sponsored

Farm plastic recycling: Getting it right saves cows, cash, and the planet

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Recommended for you

Where to find freebies on your birthday in New Zealand
Lifestyle

Where to find freebies on your birthday in New Zealand

Fire sweeps through Flaxmere home, four taken to hospital as precaution
Hawkes Bay Today

Fire sweeps through Flaxmere home, four taken to hospital as precaution

High-stakes White House talks as European leaders aim to end Ukraine-Russia war
World

High-stakes White House talks as European leaders aim to end Ukraine-Russia war

Pained letter from mother of Marokopa fugitive Tom Phillips to 'come home' with kids
New Zealand

Pained letter from mother of Marokopa fugitive Tom Phillips to 'come home' with kids

Trump leads movement against mail-in voting ahead of midterms
World

Trump leads movement against mail-in voting ahead of midterms

Lakeland Queen's comeback: Entertainment royalty to lead the fun
Rotorua Daily Post

Lakeland Queen's comeback: Entertainment royalty to lead the fun



Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

Fire sweeps through Flaxmere home, four taken to hospital as precaution
Hawkes Bay Today
|Updated

Fire sweeps through Flaxmere home, four taken to hospital as precaution

Four people were taken to Hawke’s Bay Hospital as a precaution after the blaze.

18 Aug 08:45 PM
A 7yo created an imaginary restaurant in his bedroom - his father decided to bring it to life
Hawkes Bay Today

A 7yo created an imaginary restaurant in his bedroom - his father decided to bring it to life

18 Aug 06:00 PM
Temu yanks T-shirts from sale after iwi trademark complaint
Hawkes Bay Today

Temu yanks T-shirts from sale after iwi trademark complaint

18 Aug 05:00 PM


Farm plastic recycling: Getting it right saves cows, cash, and the planet
Sponsored

Farm plastic recycling: Getting it right saves cows, cash, and the planet

10 Aug 09:12 PM

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Hawke's Bay Today e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Hawke's Bay Today
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP
search by queryly Advanced Search