HomeAway review: Bookabach 1

Property is on a closed road . This storm damaged road ( Kenepuru Road Marlborough NZ) is closed to all persons except permanent residents.

This fact needs to be listed on the site information for this property.

Media Statement

Marlborough District Council

Road update - repairs to Kenepuru Road and Queen Charlotte Drive will take months.

The assessment of damage to the Kenepuru Road is on-going by Marlborough Roads and it is likely to be many months before it is fully open, Marlborough's Recovery Manager Dean Heiford says.

We might be able to clear some sections of the road more quickly. However, full connectivity will not be possible for quite some time.

There are six areas of major damage on Queen Charlotte Drive between Picton and Linkwater, a large number of slips between Linkwater and Havelock, including a major landslide at Pukenui, and 17 slips and drop outs on the Kenepuru Road. It is a huge challenge.

The stability of the soil and rock around the slips, washouts and underslips is our key concern. We are not willing to put vehicles on unstable ground and put people's lives at risk. We are also mindful that the ground is saturated and any further rain over winter will exacerbate any weaknesses in soil and rock stability.

Connecting Havelock to Moenui is probably a shorter timeframe than Kenepuru Road; however that road has also sustained very serious damage at Cullen Point and we need to ensure that any access through here is safe.

The Sounds' road network is quite fragile at the best of times; maintaining it is expensive and resource intensive, even without a major storm.

All this means that people who live in the Central Sounds area may have to make changes to the way they live and work for the next few months. There is no way around this I'm afraid. I ask residents for their patience and understanding.

Some people may have to relocate to friends or family for the time being. If people are unable to remain in their home they may be able to receive support from the Temporary Accommodation Service provided by the Government through MBIE - call [protected].