In 2017, three ‘‘high risk’’ sites along State Highway 1 at Katiki beach were rock armoured to stop coastal erosion. Rock armouring was required where coastal erosion was occurring in 10 places along State Highway 1 at Katiki Beach, NZTA senior project manager Jason Forbes said. Erosion protection structures were put in place where the highway was threatened at Katiki Beach in the 1970s, and the stretch of coastal road had been monitored each year since 1994. In 2017, three "high risk" sites were rock armoured to stop coastal erosion from undermining the highway. Subject to weather and consenting requirements, rocks would start to be stockpiled at Katiki Beach early next year.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 01, 2020 15:22 UTC