Bridge resurfacing update 22 August During the past week VolkerLaser has continued working to finish the waterproofing system ahead of the start of the surfacing operations later this week. They have also completed a number of repairs to the concrete…
Members of the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee have agreed to defer plans to increase the level of tolls while they investigate other ways of generating funding to secure the financial future of the two crossings. The impact…
There have been two major power and critical safety related defects that have impacted on a 3 ferry service over the last week. The first is a power related issues on Tamar II which has now been resolved. The second…
The last few days have seen good progress made in laying the waterproofing material ahead of the arrival of our specialist resurfacing contractor early next week. Weather permitting, the waterproofing is due to be completed by the end of Sunday,…
In support of the local community and spectators attending the Fireworks Championships on Plymouth Hoe, Tamar Crossings plan to operate a two ferry service between Torpoint and Devonport on the evenings of the 18th and 19th August 2021 until 11:45…
Tomorrow, Wednesday 18 August, between 10 am and 2pm we will be reducing to two traffic lanes on the Tamar Bridge – during this period, the two cantilevers will be used to provide an eastbound and westbound lane for traffic…
VolkerLaser have continued to make good progress this week despite having to deal with some unexpected rain showers. The application of the paint primer was completed by mid-afternoon today (Saturday), along with the edge details at the kerbs and the…
Resurfacing update 11 August In our last update we reported that rain was forecast for much of the weekend and that it could affect our waterproofing works. The weather forecasts were pretty accurate with persistent heavy showers through most of…
The second week of the main deck resurfacing phase has seen work continuing on preparing the steel deck to accept the first waterproofing membranes. VolkerLaser staff are currently using the wheeled excavator (‘rubber duck’) machine to scrape the deck to…
We regret that we will have to reduce to a 2-Ferry service from 09:00 (half an hour earlier than scheduled) tomorrow, Thursday 5th August, to carry out some preventative maintenance on the chain tensioning system of the Torpoint Ferry Plym….