Police have been called and private security guards are now in place after hours at the Tapu-Coroglen Rd roadworks site after hours following confrontations and vandalism on site.
The road has been closed since January after Cyclones caused large slips that washed out the road.
“Disappointingly, there have been some recent incidents of vandalism to the contractors plant and equipment, along with confrontation from some of the public towards staff,” Thames-Coromandel District Council said.
“Council and our contractors have zero tolerance towards this type of behaviour.”
Police had been involved in these recent incidents and will be called for any further incidents of this nature, council said.
“We want to reinforce that this section of the road is completely closed to the public during this construction phase. Physical barriers are in place on the Coroglen end of the site, alongside private security guards after hours.”
Meanwhile, council said works by local contractors Kelsey Construction and their subcontractors were progressing well and the project was back on track to open the road before Christmas.
The timber retaining wall has been completed, and placement of the first blocks, sourced locally from Cirtex in Kōpū, has kicked-off the construction of the block wall below the road.
