A busy section of SH50 in Napier will be closed this weekend as a dangerous rock is removed from Bluff Hill's cliff.
The road, pedestrian and cycle pathway will be closed from the end of Marine Parade at Coote Road, along State Highway 50 past Napier Port, to the port entry on Breakwater Road.
Deemed to be in danger of falling, the rock will be removed by a team of abseilers who will use crowbars to try to prise the rock from the cliff face. If this doesn't work airbags inflated with compressed air will be used.
If neither of these methods is successful a micro-explosive will be deployed from inside the rock to break it and allow it to fall off the cliff.
Napier City Council said this "was not a noisy procedure".