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Temporary road closures

If you’re planning a parade or a street event that will close a public road, you need to have a temporary road closure permit.

Temporary road closures

Closing a road for more than five minutes without permission is illegal and you can be fined.

We follow a process granting special approval for a road to be closed to vehicles and/or pedestrians at a certain place and point in time. It means you can hold your event to the standards required by law, and that we can create a traffic management plan so that everything runs smoothly. Gaining approval also means you won’t be fined, as closing a road unannounced is illegal.

Temporary road closures or events coming up

Date/Time	Event	Description
Sunday 9 December, 7am - 4pm	Crazyman Multisport Event	Start/Finish Belmont Regional Park Woolshed, runners head south along a small stream and then over the south east shoulder of Belmont Trig to Korokoro Stream. Following the Korokoro Stream tracks,they head up to Oakley Street carpark and then back down to Korokoro Dam, Bake Bean Bend and then south to Cornish Street in Petone. From Cornish Street runners take the left hand footpath into Pito-one Road for 500m to the Korokoro footbridge across to Petone Railway Station. Using the foot tunnel under the railway line they emerge onto Hutt Road and take the right hand hand footpath down to Petone Foreshore where they follow the beach to the finish line beside Petone Wharf. The entire course is shared with the public; large parts of the course are relatively remote; small parts of the course are next to traffic (on footpaths)
Wednesday 12 December, 6:30pm - 8pm	Wellington Masters Cycle Club - Liverton Time Trial	Start/Finish Liverton Road/SH2/Hebden Cres Circuit
Sunday 15 December, 5am - 11pm	Christmas in Dowse Square	Road Closure; Laings Road from Knights Road intersection to Myrtle Street Intersection
Sunday 16 December, 9am - 10:30am	Wellington Masters Cycle Club - Liverton Time Trial	Start/Finish Liverton Road/SH2/Hebden Cres Circuit
Sunday 16 December, 9am - 4pm	Christmas in the Nui	Road Closure; Anzac Way off Queen Street and Peel Place Carpark
Tuesday 25 December, 9am - 11am	Normandale Santa Parade	Assemble top of Miromiro Road travel to corner of Stratton Street and Miromiro Road where the parade offically begins Normandale Road and Pekanga

You’ll need to:

Let us know in writing at least three to six months before the event. This gives us time to consult with and gain approval from everyone involved, as well as advertise the closure publicly for any objections.
Contact a Traffic Management company to submit your plan once you've been given approval: they’re listed under traffic management equipment/services in the Yellow Pages. We'll work with them to make sure your event is safe and will be run with minimal disruption.