Motorists will see a key milestone on the Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL) project take place this week, as piling starts for the two Domain Road interchange bridges.
The NZ Transport Agency says the Domain Road interchange is one of the most complex structures to build on the TEL project.
Before piling could commence, ground conditions had to be improved and sand was placed more than nine months ago near the Domain Road intersection.
Sections of the pre-load material has been removed in the last few weeks and reused in other parts of the project.
The remaining pre-load material in this area will be removed at a later date to allow further settlement to occur.
NZTA's Bay of Plenty state highways manager, Brett Gliddon, says now some of the pre-load material has been removed, the next phase of construction for the Domain Road interchange bridges is piling, which will be undertaken in two stages.
'In total, 50 piles will be driven to depths of between 42 and 50 metres - 36 piles for one bridge and 14 for the second.
'It is anticipated that the first stage of the piling will continue through until the end of the year, and the second stage completed in 2013.”
The hours of operation for the piling will be from 7.30am to 6 pm, Monday to Saturday. Nearby residents may experience some noise disturbance during this time.
A piling rig was moved to Domain Road late last week where it was previously used at the southern end of the project for the piling on the rail bridge at Maketu.
Piling at the Kaituna River Bridge continues on the eastern (Maketu) side of the river, with piling on the western Papamoa East side now completed.
Keep up-to-date with developments at www.nzta.govt.nz/tel.
6 comments
ROAD TO NO WHERE
Posted on 17-09-2012 13:47 | By YOGI
50 piles or 100 does not alter the fact that this road is going the wrong way, Auckland and Hamilton is where the economic action is, so why built a road going the other way? TCC must be involved in this for the new low level of "wonderment" to have been achieved!
50 Years ago
Posted on 17-09-2012 15:44 | By kopchai
Can remember the single lane wooden bridge that went over the rail line here 50 years ago. Used to walk barefoot along the single lane loose metal road (SH2) to Papamoa Primary school (Gone now)
Well Done Not Yogi
Posted on 17-09-2012 17:32 | By tabatha
Yogi go and continue your winter hibernation, your brain is still partly asleep. Just travel this area each working day and you will understand the need for the road. Remember Tauranga is or close to being the busiest port in NZ, not Auckland. Te Puke residents will wonder why it will be so easy to shop and be heard without logging trucks etc trundling through their main street.I will stop at that but Yogi do sleep a bit wake up slowly and get brain fully functional. I presume you are using Yogi because of the Yogi Bear!!
heavy traffic
Posted on 17-09-2012 17:57 | By blinky
yogi you are right in a sense but there is also a lot of traffic coming into tauranga from the south and thats a lot more important than auckland and hamilton see the doc your piles have got you upset
How about Bayfair roundabout
Posted on 18-09-2012 09:25 | By maccachic
Why was Bayfair roundabout not inclueded in this, as this is the biggest problem on this stretch of road.
SMELL THE ROSES
Posted on 18-09-2012 12:18 | By YOGI
Seems to be some issue in teh obvious here folks, by reading your comments below there is a clear misunderstanding of the most important aspects here. AKL/HN areas population say 2,000,000, population of Paeangaroa 400. The logic of this I guess resides with TCC and the plans to expand tourism in TGA, i.e. Paeangaroa's population will visit TGA and that will means a huge boost to the TGA economy right ...
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