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….
Following the successful replacement of the defective cable in the chain tensioning system of the Torpoint Ferry Tamar, we will be operating a 3-Ferry Service from 06.30 tomorrow (Monday) morning. We would like to thank Hampshire Rigging Services and WH…
Our contractors VolkerLaser have made significant progress following the start of work on the second phase of the resurfacing scheme on Monday. Planing works to remove the existing surfacing on the north half of the main deck were completed on…
We regret that we have had to reduce to a 2-Ferry service from 15:15 today, following identification of a safety critical defect during routine inspections of the chain tensioning system of the Torpoint Ferry Tamar. The remedial work requires external…
Resurfacing update 26 July 2021 A big thank you to everyone for their patience and support today following the introduction of the new traffic arrangements for the second phase of the resurfacing works. As anticipated the first weekend of the…
