Road and Slip Recovery | Align Limited
How do you secure access for recovery now and into the future?
We secure land access and tenure rights so recovery works can start sooner and move forward with certainty.
See how we can clear the way
From Disruption to Resilience
On the Coromandel Peninsula extreme weather events in 2022-2023 triggered over 110 active slip sites, saturated ground conditions and major roading closures. The Thames Coromandel District Council’s Recovery Plan identifies infrastructure repair, access restoration and durable resilience as key priorities.
At Align we supported the programme by negotiating land access and tenure rights across rural corridors and under investigated terrains, enabling contractors and infrastructure teams to mobilise sooner and navigate complex multi owner land rights.
For example, at Thornton Bay a significant slip resulted in a home being red stickered and emergency stabilisation funding of NZ $1.3m was approved.
We’re also proud to support the Hastings District Council’s broader road network rebuild: following Cyclone Gabrielle we secured land access and negotiated rights across rural corridors so that culverts, bridges and key arteries could be repaired or rebuilt without undue delay.
What Align did:
Identified high risk land/tenure blocks where slip remediation or road recovery required access over multiple parcels.
Negotiated access or rights acquisition on behalf of councils and contractors, clearing legal/tenure holds before mobilisation.
Provided certainty of access so road repair programmes could proceed with a lower risk of delay.
“Our role is to secure landowner permissions and access rights so work on critical assets can begin.”
We negotiated tenure and access agreements that extend beyond the initial repair job, so future inspections, maintenance, and upgrades can proceed without being blocked by outdated land restrictions.
In short, we clear the way now and safeguard the way ahead.
What this means for local authorities
Fewer delays on site because land access, tenure and permissions are already in place before contractors arrive.
Future proofed rights for inspections, maintenance and upgrades, not just the first repair job.
Future proofed rights for inspections, maintenance and upgrades, not just the first repair job.
Lower legal and reputational risk through clear, fair agreements with landowners.
Lower legal and reputational risk through clear, fair agreements with landowners.
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