The east coast of the Coromandel remains largely cut off from the rest of the country, with access in and out severely impacted by landslides.<\/p>\n
A fix for State Highway 25A will\u00a0not be in place before Christmas, but engineers are drawing closer to a decision on the best path forward.<\/p>\n
On Monday, media were allowed a rare glimpse into the cavernous divide that effectively splits the peninsula in two.<\/p>\n
A 140m stretch of road is missing from SH25A, which has\u00a0been closed since cracks appeared on 27 January\u00a0in the wake of ex-Cyclone Hale.<\/p>\n
The site now resembles\u00a0a quarry, with much of the initial debris cleared from the slip.<\/p>\n
But site managers reminded reporters of the dangers that lingered under the surface, instructing them to stick to the paths carved out unless they wanted to sink waist-deep into a quicksand-like substance.<\/p>\n
A decision on what would become of this route may yet take another two months.<\/p>\n
Waka Kotahi regional manager of infrastructure delivery Jo Wilton said there were three options on the table.<\/p>\n
“Reinstate the road using some form of retaining, a bridge option, and then a bypass, which is where we’d look at going around the slip, up the hill.”<\/p>\n
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