The Mount Maunganui base track will be closed overnight after a small slip above the track near the Tanea Shelf beach.
Council workers have closed the track and work to clear and secure the slip site will commence on Tuesday morning.
A small slip has resulted in the overnight closure of the Mount's base track.
Council communications advisor Marcel Currin says unless there are further issues, the base track should be open again by 11am tomorrow.
7 comments
YET ANOTHER $650,000 BILL COMING?
Posted on 23-07-2012 18:51 | By YOGI
Oh no ... that emans yet another bunch of consultants and more bills like earlier this month and of course the "first feast" last year that cost ratepayers $650,000. The score now is 3-0.
LOL
Posted on 23-07-2012 18:58 | By Mr bay
He he he he nothing changes.............
yogi
Posted on 24-07-2012 08:09 | By earlybird
What it means Mr Yogi [by the way are you any relation to BooBoo?]is that contractors will be out on the track today in the rain clearing up this slip so that you and yours can safely walk around the Mount again. Perhaps, if you're concerned about the cost, you could volunteer yourself instead of sitting at your computer moaning & groaning.
Not again!! Get someone wqho can fix the problem then
Posted on 24-07-2012 09:47 | By Hebegeebies
This is becoming tedious and almost predictable.Little if any trouble with this track for most of the past 50years and then suddenly in the winter there are increasing collapse issues.TCC spent a small fortune cleaning it up and still don't get things right.Sure this is par for the TCC course but that is no consolation to the tourists locals and the walkers and runners who use the track every day.
hey people!
Posted on 24-07-2012 11:41 | By AratakiJive
Lets not forget that the Mount was handed back to the Iwi not so long ago.. let them pay for the repairs themselves. Typical they want their cake but some-one else has to pay for it!
Geology and nature
Posted on 24-07-2012 11:41 | By penguin
While this appears to happen more frequently, a look at the geology of the Mount shows a composition of rocks loosely embedded in soft volcanic deposits. This structure will naturally slide if given sufficient water loading. Unfortunately, once some of these slides occur, there is an ongoing risk of them re-occurring in this type of land form especially after significant rainfall events over a short period (there have been a number of these in recent years). I guess the loss of bush cover through fires etc has added to the problem. Although the Council has spent a large amount on remediation and prevention partly for our safety, nature will always 'win!”
Flawed logic
Posted on 24-07-2012 12:38 | By Kiritiwa
To AratakiJive, could iwi then exclude non-iwi members from being on Mauao? I doubt you would agree to that. My understanding is that the title to Mauao was handed back to iwi together with a joint partnership with TCC in terms of maintenance. Iwi and their members would contribute their fair share of revenue to TCC, so swings and roundabouts if you ask me.
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