Piles of limestone rock are stored, ready to form the base of Nukumaru Station Rd's extension to Waiinu Beach. Photo / supplied
Contractors have laid down 4km of the first layer of the long awaited extension of Nukumaru Station Rd to Waiinu Beach.
The first sod for the road was turned by South Taranaki mayor Phil Nixon in June.
The road extension has been sought since the Waitōtara River flooded in 2004.
The main contractor is Taranaki Civil Construction and the road is costing $10.14 million, with $7 million from Government as one of its "shovel ready" projects announced during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The road is needed because access to the settlement at Waiinu Beach, and Silver Fern Farms' Waitōtara meatworks, has been closed four times in the last 26 years, due to concerns about floods affecting the Limeworks Bridge on Waiinu Beach Rd.
