Wild wind impacting council services

Saturday 27 June - 11am update

Strong overnight winds have caused fallen trees and debris, impacting the following roads: 

• Turakina Street, Merrilands
• Maratahu Street, Westown
• Niger Terrace
• Upjohn Street
• Somerset Street
• St Aubyn Street (near Wind Wand lawns)
• Mace Street, Waitara
• Bayly Street, Waitara
• High Street East, Waitara
• Cracroft Street, Waitara
• Egmont Road (near Taranaki Maunga): CLOSED

Our NPDC staff and contractors are on site managing the clean-up. Please stay safe and follow the safety instructions in these areas.

Transfer Station update: 
New Plymouth, Inglewood, Waitara, and Ōkato Transfer Stations are all open today at their usual times.

3pm update

Currently affected roads:

• Egmont Road – will remain closed overnight and assessed tomorrow morning.
• Bayly Street/Princess Street, Waitara – road closed due to downed power lines.
• Young and Weymouth streets, New Plymouth – road closed due to downed power lines.
• Paynters Avenue Walkway – accessway closed due to a fallen tree.
• 1138 Carrington Road – tree down but the road is still open.

Update on Friday's kerbside bin collection:

• As today's kerbside bin collection is postponed until tomorrow, please bring your bins back to your property - don’t leave them at the kerbside overnight.
• Ōkato: due to road closures tomorrow (Saturday) for the Tarmac Rally, food scraps and recycling collection will be on Monday 29 June.
• Missing a bin? Please wait until Monday to report it.

You can report a missed collection or missing bin via the Antenno app. You can also contact NPDC via phone (06-759 6060) or email (enquiries@npdc.govt.nz).

1.15pm update

• Egmont Road – remains closed at the mountain gates due to fallen trees.
• Alfred Road, Egmont Village – tree down but the road is passable.
• Upper Durham Road – tree blocking most of the road; still passable.
• Takiroa Street, Urenui – tree blocking the footpath and half of the road.
• Bayly Street/Princess Street, Waitara – road closed due to downed power lines.
• Young Street and Weymouth Street, New Plymouth – road closed due to downed power lines.
• Paynters Avenue Walkway – accessway closed due to a fallen tree.
• 1138 Carrington Road – tree down; road status currently unknown.
• Note: Wakefield Street, New Plymouth has reopened.

10.45am update

• Due to road closures tomorrow for the Tarmac Rally, Ōkato's food scraps and recycling kerbside collections will take place on Monday. All of remainder of today's kerbside collections will take place from 7am tomorrow.

• In Pukekura Park, the wind is causing two trees near the waterfall to lift near the roots. As this area is the dam for the main lake, the lake's water level will be lowered as a precaution. The trees are being assessed now but we might need to wait for the winds to drop before the trees can be seen to.

• Roading update:

  • Young Street, New Plymouth - closed due to a roof collapsing onto powerlines.

  • Bayly Street, Waitara – closed from Princess Street to SH3 due to fallen trees and powerlines. 

  • Wakefield Street, New Plymouth – closed due to multiple trees across the road.

  • The tree at 497 Carrington Road has been removed and the road has reopened.

  • Egmont Road – remains closed at the mountain gates due to fallen trees.

  • 217 Greenwood Road, near Ōakura – tree blocking approximately ¾ of the road.

  • Wills Road, Bell Block – tree on the road; currently still passable.

9.50am update

• Please don’t call in missing bins today – please wait until Monday.
• We’ll be cleaning up litter on urban roads tomorrow.
• The Junction shop is now closed for the day.

9.25am update

• Today’s kerbside bin collection has been postponed until tomorrow, from 7am. Please bring back to your property any bins that are at the kerbside.
• New Plymouth Transfer Station and its recycling pods, and the Waitara Transfer Station, have closed for today.
• The Junction Shop remains open by they aren't accepting goods today (no drop-off).

9am update
Today’s gales are affecting some Council services and facilities – we’ll keep you updated as reports come in. As of this morning:

• We recommend not visiting parks and reserves today due to the risk of branches falling.
• There is a lot of tree debris on our roads – if you must travel, please do so with care.
• Two sewage pumps stations, at Hurdon and Fitzroy, had a temporary power outage but they are up and running again without any overflows.
• Smaller light poles at Taranaki Stadium have been blown over.
• A light pole is down on Manadon Street.
• The roller door at the back of TSB Stadium has been damaged.
• Beware of trees on power lines – please report them to Powerco.

Affected roads

Please take extreme care if you are travelling on our roads today.

• Carrington Road, New Plymouth – closed at number 497 due to fallen trees.
• Egmont Road – closed at the mountain gates due to fallen trees.
• Traffic lights on Morely, Liardet, Mangorei, Sackville and South roads are currently not working or experiencing issues.

Please report any fallen branches or trees on our district roads – the team are clearing them away on a priority basis with a focus on roads first. Send us a report via Antenno, phone (06-759 6060) or email (enquiries@npdc.govt.nz).

If you have a power outage, please check with your local electricity provider.

Caption: Trees are down or damaged across the district, including this one on Gill Street.