Waihōpai Invercargill stop bank upgrade
Benefits
- Widening the Waihōpai stop bank makes it more robust and provides an opportunity for us to increase the height in future, as our understanding of the impacts of climate change and climate models change over time
- Increased protection for people, homes, communities, and critical infrastructure
- Work completed with central government funding assistance
Project update (1 July 2023)
- Site investigations and detailed design associated with the Waihōpai stop bank modifications completed
- Engagement with affected landowners and key interest groups is ongoing
- Consents and approvals finalised for the eastern stop bank upgrade
- Construction contract awarded to Ryal Bush Transport Ltd. December 2022
- Contractors on site from late January 2023
- Work on the section between Beatrice Street and the railway line commenced in early February 2023, and bulk earthworks are complete
- Bulk earthworks on the section from Victoria Street to Beatrice Street are fifty per cent complete with work suspended over the winter months while the ground conditions are too wet
- Shared pathway north from Victoria Street reopened
Next steps
- Expected completion of eastern Waihōpai River stop bank upgrade in the 2023-24 construction season
- Progressing plans to upgrade the stop bank on the western side of the Waihōpai River