Flood reduction project at Northland s Turntable Hill almost finished
10 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Flooding at the bottom of Turntable Hill on SH1 near Moerewa, during July s heavy rain. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Flooding at the bottom of Turntable Hill on SH1 near Moerewa, during July s heavy rain. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Northern Advocate
An $850,000 project to reduce flooding at a notorious highway bottleneck near Moerewa is just about finished.
In heavy rain Ōtiria Stream regularly swamps the bridge at the bottom of Turntable Hill, making State Highway 1 impassable.
If the alternative route via SH11 is also flooded the Far North can be virtually cut off from the rest of New Zealand until floodwaters recede.