Good progress so far. The underside of the ferry has been cleaned off to enable structural surveys, the prows are both off and the repair and refurbishment has started, and the removal of the worn non-slip paint on the vehicle…
In March 2019 the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee formally submitted an application to the Department for Transport to increase tolls on the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry for the first time in nine years, to ensure the…
TAMAR II was successfully towed to Falmouth on Wednesday 10 April 2019 and is now in the dry dock at the A&P facility. There is a lot of activity on board, with the blasting of the decks back to bare…
Following improving weather conditions we have been given the go ahead for TAMAR to be towed to Falmouth tomorrow ( Wednesday 10 April ) The ferry is scheduled to leave Torpoint at approximately 1600, with the journey expected to take…
The good news is that TAMAR II is ready to be towed to Falmouth. Unfortunately the weather forecast for Monday now puts the wind and sea conditions outside the limits for the tow to be approved. Assuming the weather remains…
Great progress is being made on getting TAMAR II ready to tow away to Falmouth, and the tow preparation works are on track to complete on Thursday 4th April 2019, as scheduled. Unfortunately, the weather forecast has changed again, and…
Essential engineering works are due to begin on Monday, 1 April to renew the bridge deck waterproofing system underneath the bridge deck kerbs and replace the bolts that hold the kerbs in place. Essential engineering works are due to begin…
The engineering legacy of the Tamar Estuary’s historic bridges will be celebrated by a new Learning Centre currently being built at the Tamar Bridge, which is due to open in Spring 2019.
