Upcoming Road Closures
Temporary Closures of Stafford Street and Bowen Street - Diwali
Portions of Stafford Street and Bowen Street will be closed between 1.30pm and 11.59pm on Saturday 17 October 2026 while the Diwali festival takes place.View moreTemporary Road Closures - Rural Day
Portions of the following roads will be closed between 6.30am and 4.00pm on Friday 9 October 2026 for the Rural Day event: Manchester Street, Perimeter Roads of Manchester Square, Kimbolton Road, and Goodbehere Street. A bypass will be in place for heavy vehicles.View moreTemporary Closure of Otara Bridge
Otara bridge, on Otara Road, will be closed between the hours of 7.00am and 5.00pm on Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 September 2026 while bridge surveys are undertaken.View moreTemporary Closure of Manchester Square and Manchester Street
A portion of Manchester Street and Manchester Square will be closed on 26 September 2026 between 08.00am to 2.00pm for the Truckers Big Day Out Fundraising event.View moreTemporary Closure of Branch Road Walkway
The Branch Road Walkway will be closed intermittently between Monday 5 October and Friday 13 November 2026 while tree felling occurs within two tree lengths of the walking track. The closure will apply to the entire walkway between Ridge Road and Kuku Road. Please do not enter the track when closure signs are in place.View moreTemporary Closure of Turners Road Ext, Feilding (Updated)
Turners Road Ext, off Kawakawa Road, will be closed from 9 February 2026 until 31 October 2026 while a culvert installation and road extension works are undertaken.View more
Temporary Closures of Stafford Street and Bowen Street - Diwali
PURSUANT to Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Manawatu District Council, for the purpose of permitting Bhartiya Samaji Lower North Island Trust to conduct the Diwali 2026 celebration, will close Stafford Street and Bowen Street as listed below to ordinary vehicular traffic from 1.00pm until 11.59pm on Saturday 17 October 2026.
Roads to be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic:
Stafford Street – from 54 Stafford Street to its intersection with Hobson Street
Bowen Street – from its intersection with Stafford Street to 44 Bowen Street
Temporary Road Closures - Rural Day
PURSUANT to Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Manawatū District Council, for the purpose of permitting Feilding Promotions Inc to conduct Rural Day 2026, will close the following roads listed hereunder to ordinary vehicular traffic for the period as stated.
Date of Closure: Friday 9 October 2026
Time of Closure: 06.30am to 04.00pm
Manchester Street – from its intersection with Bowen Street to its intersection with Fergusson Street
Perimeter Roads of Manchester Square and the section of both Manchester Street and Kimbolton Road within Manchester Square.
Goodbehere Street - from its intersection with Manchester Square to its intersection with MacArthur Street.
Kimbolton Road closed to all large trucks - from its intersection with Warwick Street to its intersection with Stafford Street. Access available to car parks only for private motor vehicles.
Temporary Closure of Otara Bridge
Manawatu
District Council wishes to advise that PURSUANT to Section 342 (b) and the Tenth Schedule of
the Local Government Act 1974, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, Otara bridge, on Otara Road, will be closed between
the hours of 7.00am and 5.00pm on Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 September 2026 while bridge surveys are undertaken.
Please use alternative routes during this time. All current restrictions continue to apply until notified otherwise.
Manawatu District Council regrets any inconvenience caused.
Temporary Closure of Manchester Square and Manchester Street
Manawatū District Council wishes to advise that PURSUANT to Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Manawatu District Council, for the purpose of permitting a private organiser to conduct the Truckers Big Day Out Fundraising event, will close the roads as listed below to ordinary vehicular traffic from 08.00am to 2.00pm on Saturday 26 September 2026.
Manchester Street - from Bowen Street to Kimbolton Road
Manchester Square - between the Feilding Hotel and ANZ bank
During the period of closure the provision will be made for ordinary vehicular traffic that would otherwise use the road via detour.
Temporary Closure of Branch Road Walkway
Manawatū District Council wishes to advise that PURSUANT to Section 342 (b) and the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Branch Road Walkway will be closed intermittently between Monday 5 October and Friday 13 November 2026 while tree felling occurs within two tree lengths of the walking track. The closure will apply to the entire walkway between Ridge Road and Kuku Road. Please do not enter the track when closure signs are in place.
Manawatū District Council regrets any inconvenience caused.
Temporary Closure of Turners Road Ext, Feilding (Updated)
Manawatū District Council wishes to advise that PURSUANT to Section 342 (b) and the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, Turners Road Ext will be closed from number 137 until the road end starting 7.00am Monday 9 February 2026 until 7.00pm Saturday 31 October 2026 while a culvert installation and road extension works are undertaken.
Access to P.V. Webber Wools will be via Temporary Road from Turners Road at the Darragh Road intersection side.
Should weather or conditions outside of the contractors control delay the works, the closure may be extended.
Manawatū District Council regrets any inconvenience caused.