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Repairs are now complete on a major storm-related slip on Duck Creek Road in Stillwater, a crucial access road needed during the construction of the O Mahurangi – Penlink highway between Whangaparāoa Road and State Highway 1.
Auckland Transport’s (AT) road asset maintenance and renewals general manager, Alan Wallace, says “last year Duck Creek Road began slumping at the site of an under slip on a corner near the northern side of the road.”
“This was a worry because this local road is the only link to Stillwater from East Coast Bays Road,” he says.
“While the road usually caters for around 2000 vehicle movements per day, the additional trucks carrying materials and machinery for the Penlink project put the road under extra stress. It was also crucial to fix the slip fast while widening the road and accommodating through-traffic during the on-site construction.”
AT contractors, Fulton Hogan, built three retaining walls, installed improved drainage facilities, made improvements to driveway entrances and laid new pavement.
They did this by working on one side of the road then switching to the other, in tandem with Vector retaining a power pole on top of the southern bank. At one stage the pole was held by a 55 tonne crane so works could proceed below it.
Earlier this year, road pavement was laid, a guard rail installed and landscaping completed before the road was fully opened on February 7.
AT and Fulton Hogan says it would like to thank the residents of Duck Creek Road, their neighbours and visitors to the area, and the Penlink contractors, for their patience during this project.
