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Request for Temporary Road Closure - Taranaki Car Club - Speed Weekend

Road Closure
PUBLISHED: 31 JUL 2025

Taranaki Car Club has requested the closure of the following roads to conduct the Speed Weekend.
LOWER KING ROAD 400M SPRINT 
Date and period of closure: from 8am to 6pm on Saturday 8 November. 
Road to be closed: Lower King Road.
DE HAVILLAND DRIVE BENT SPRINT
Date and period of closure: from 8am to 6pm on Sunday 9 November.
Roads to be closed:
•    Swans Road to De Havilland Drive.
•    Vampire Place. 
•    Hercules Place.
•    Albatross Place.

The application is being considered under the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965. Submissions to the closure should reach New Plymouth District Council by 4pm on 14 August 2025.
Submissions must be made on the road closure form, which is available online at npdc.govt.nz/HaveYourSay, or by contacting the Council on 06-759 6060 or enquiries@npdc.govt.nz.
Emergency vehicles will have unrestricted access at all times. 
During the proposed period of closure, an approved traffic management plan will provide for ordinary vehicular traffic which would otherwise use the roads.