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Concrete floats in Wairoa: Deluge lifts 4.2-tonne pipe out of position
3 May, 2021 01:34 AM
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Wairoa District Council mayor despairs as concrete culverts rise to the surface. Photo / Wairoa District Council
Wairoa District Council mayor despairs as concrete culverts rise to the surface. Photo / Wairoa District Council
Hawkes Bay Today
In Wairoa, concrete floats.
Heavy rain has caused delays to the completion of a 4.2-tonne concrete drain in Kitchener St, after the newly laid pipe floated out of position on top of the floodwaters.
Wairoa District Mayor Craig Little said it was something of an engineering miracle, and couldn t have been predicted.
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