Vector faces bumpy ride on reinstating Matakana Road surface

Questions are being asked over what state Matakana Road will be left in – and who is responsible – when Vector finishes works to install a new high voltage power cable between its Warkworth substation and Clayden Road. The power supply company first sank a series of square holes along the 1km stretch of road to install ducting for the cable over several weeks last June and July. Last month, Vector returned to reopen them and install the cable itself, something which could go on until November 8, according to a spokesperson. “The new 33kV cable, which runs from Wellsford to Warkworth, will rein...