Today work has been continuing to inspect the surfaces of the decks of both cantilevers. While this stage of the preparatory works has been taking place for a number of days, it is vital to make sure that the surfaces…
Engineers have been carrying out inspections on the deck of the south cantilever today to identify any surface repairs which need to be carried out. Once these inspections have been completed, welding will be carried out to repair any damaged…
As reported yesterday shot blasting works have been continuing to remove the remaining surfacing material from the cantilever decks. There will be a deck inspection by engineers along the south cantilever tomorrow morning to assess the extent of any surface…
Shot blasting works have continued throughout the day to remove the remaining surfacing material from the cantilever deck. The rubber duck – ( the nickname for the rubberr wheeled digger) has also been in operation on the south cantilever to…
From Monday, 14 June the public toilets on both sides of the Torpoint ferry will be open daily from 06.00 to 18.00. The toilets were closed to the public earlier this year following repeated incidents of vandalism and abuse of…
Following the removal of the majority of the remaining surfacing material from the south cantilever earlier this week, shot blasting – where a specialist machine is used to blast grit/shot onto the deck to remove any stubborn remains of material…
Today has seen work continuing on removing the remaining surfacing material on the two cantilevers. Since the start of works at the beginning of June VolkerLaser have removed the surface of both cantilevers to within 5 -10mm of the existing…
Work has continued today on removing the last of the remaining deck material from the two cantilevers. Once all the material has been removed from the decks, the surface will be inspected for any damage and repairs carried out in…
The planing on the North cantilever was completed on schedule yesterday evening. Work has been continuing today on preparing the decks of both cantilevers for the next stage of the resurfacing process. After mechanical and hand tools have been used…
Work has been continuing today on completing the planing on the North cantilever. This remains on track to be finished by the end of the day. Work has also continued on the South cantilever where the contractor has started the…