Stretch of Napier-Taupō Rd ripped up within days of repair
17 Mar, 2021 12:31 AM
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New seal placed on a stretch of the Napier-Taupo Rd will have to be replaced less than a week after it was put down by NZTA. Photo / Supplied
A new set of road seal will need to be placed on a stretch of the Napier-Taupō Rd, near Tarawera, less than a week after it was put down by NZTA.
Waka Kotahi regional transport systems manager Oliver Postings said resealing works of the state highway network, including State Highway 5, had been completed as part of the organisation s road renewals programme.
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A truck driver captures a dangerous driver on the Napier-Taupo road in the early hours of Friday morning.
The Napier-Taupō Road didn’t make the list for New Zealand’s most dangerous highways, despite it recording eight deaths in the space of a year. But that hasn t stopped a police officer from wanting to make the road a safer place for drivers. Stuff reporter Georgia-May Gilbertson joined Constable Steven Knox on the road, after his idea for safety campaign Stay Alive on 5 became a reality last year. Steven Knox never tires of driving the notorious State Highway 5, otherwise known as the Napier-Taupō Road.