awakino gorge closure impact

Awakino Gorge slip on State Highway 3. Photo: Supplied / NZ Transport Agency Local government leaders in areas affected by the closure of State Highway 3 are calling for an urgent meeting with the Transport Agency boss over "ongoing and unacceptable disruptions" to the northern corridor between New Plymouth and Te Kuiti . A massive slip in the Awakino Gorge closed State Highway 3 on 18 April and it is not expected to reopen until 2 May at the earliest. The gorge been closed seven times by weather-related incidents over the last 12 months. In an email - which copied in leaders in Taranaki, Wait