Roads & footpaths

Gisborne District Council is responsible for managing all of the district's roads (with the exception of state highways).  This includes the maintenance of sealed and unsealed roads, bridges, streetlights, footpaths, road marking, traffic signals, signs, street cleaning, walkways and cycleways, roadside mowing and vegetation control.

Help us to keep your roads and footpaths safe.  We maintain them for the benefit of all road users including pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.

Reporting problems

Tell us about any problems with our roads or footpaths. 
You can contact us 24 hours 7 days a week on (06) 867 2049 or fill in an eFix form 

State highway roads are not maintained by council.  Please contact NZ Transport Authority.  Their Gisborne office is Opus Consultants phone (06) 868 5199 or 027 446 0903 (24hrs / 7days a week) 

Gisborne's road network includes:

• 1855 km of road, 793km sealed and 1,062 unsealed 
• 219km of footpaths
• 383 bridges and large culverts
• 3,546 street lights
• 4,513 signs
• 9 bus shelters
• 2 traffic signals 

Links to more information

Forms

Overweight Permit Application

Work in Road Reserve

Internal links 

Engineering Code of Practice

Check road conditions

Bridge weights & speed limits

Events and temporary road closures