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Osborne Rd constantly needs regular repair and is prone to sea inundation on very high tides. Each time it rains the road becomes dangerous due to the large amount of potholes that open up forcing drivers to the centre of the narrow 2-way road, which will has many blind corners.
Also, during heavy rain and wind road soil is pushed into the inlet which is slowly building up and can create flood issues on very high tides and at the causeway where a high volume of water also comes down from Purakaunui creek, meets the incoming tide and struggles to get through the bottle neck of the one culvert located in the causeway.
The volume of water that flows daily against the road bank is cutting in (or under cutting) the bank and compromising the road further, with a couple of vehicles toppling off the bank over the past year due to the road edge being so vulnerable.
Can this road be built up with robust rock sides to stop sea flooding, reduce road erosion & dust and sealed to match the sealed road in Osborne and reduce what must be an enormous ongoing cost to keep doing sub repairing (it needs it every month, if its rained, then less!).
What other ideas should we be thinking about to include in future plans for our city?