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The building of the seawall between Kohu St and Marine View in north Ōrewa is still some time away.
Back in April (HM April 4) Hibiscus Matters published a proposed timeline as it was then, with Auckland Council advising that construction could begin in October next year, at the earliest. This has now been pushed back six months, to April 2024.
Council’s resilient land and coasts general manager, Paul Klinac, says funding has been allocated to deliver the project over the 2023-26 financial years.
“Site investigation work, surveying and detailed design will commence this financial year, with construction planned to be staged over two winters – April to October 2024, and April to October 2025 – to avoid the busy summer period,” Klinac says.
He says that Council will update the local community in the coming months with letterbox drops and information for local media. “We will also be distributing regular quarterly newsletters on the project.”
The exact timing of the leaflet drop is yet to be confirmed but Klinacs expect it will take place in the next two to three months.
Council first applied for resource consent for the Ōrewa seawall at the end of 2016 and after a lengthy and expensive court process, was granted consent in May 2020. Funding went into the budget in 2022.
