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…
Following the completion of planing on the South cantilever yesterday, planing began on the North cantilever this morning. The work is going well and we expect it to be completed by tomorrow evening. Whilst planing will continue on the north…
Work has continued today on planing the South cantilever lane and completing the preparations for the start of planing on the North cantilever which is due to begin tomorrow. Resurfacing a steel deck like the one on the Tamar Bridge…
Tamar Bridge resurfacing works – 4 June 2021 Thank you to everyone for your patience during the first week of the resurfacing works. We recognise that this is a difficult period for our customers, and we are doing everything within…
