Happy New Year from all of us at the PP2Ō project. I hope you all had a great holiday break.
It’s February already and PP2O’s work programme for 2020 is well underway. Bridges are a major focus for the project this month and we expect to complete five bridges this year – Ōtaki River Bridge (Bridge 5), School Road Bridge (Bridge 8), Waitohu Stream Bridge (Bridge 1), the rail overbridge at Marycrest (Bridge 9) and the Makahuri underpass at Marycrest (Bridge 10).
A major milestone for the project is the School Road Bridge (Bridge 8) at Te Horo. The first of the beams is scheduled to be positioned on March 1. The placement of the beams is an exacting process which will require a full closure of SH1 to ensure road users’ safety. This work is being carried overnight to keep delays to motorists to a minimum.
Another focus this month is getting traffic switched onto the Local Arterial Road (LAR) at Marycrest. The switch was planned to take place before Christmas. However, we delayed the switch to allow time to carry out more testing on the pavement to ensure it was ready to carry traffic and not disrupt holiday period traffic.
So, as you can see, it’s a busy time on the project and your safety and that of our workers remains a high priority. Traffic management is an essential part of this and the team has put together a video (see below) to explain why various traffic management methods are used.
If you need any further information, please visit our website www.nzta.govt.nz/pp2o, call us on 0800 PP2O INFO or email pp2o@nzta.govt.nz
Andy Goldie, Project Manager
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