Within the next week or two (possibly starting tomorrow), HEB Construction will establish their site and get ready for physical works to begin before the end of August.
Timber
Our timber is coming from two sources.
The Eucalyptus Globoidea timber from Little River, which will be used for over half of the planks and all of the balustrades, is milled and ready to go. Soon, it will be moved from John Fairweather’s mill in Sefton to HEB’s construction yard in Belfast.
The rest of our timber is Australian hardwood and almost half of it is already on its way to Lyttelton and due to arrive in a week or so.
Traffic management and site set up
Last week (first week of August), HEB Construction received approval from the Council for its traffic management plan.
As with any construction project, there will be vehicles accessing the site. HEB will close Jetty Road from the bridge down to the jetty as there will not be sufficient parking and turning space for non-construction vehicles during construction. There will be no access for vehicles, but there will be walking access down Jetty Road to the foreshore track. The construction site will be fenced off and there will be a site container, site offices, a small laydown area, and toilets for workers.
The majority of construction will be performed from a barge, which limits construction traffic accessing the site from Governors Bay. The land based vehicle movements will be mainly small (utes/trailers), and anything bigger will have an escort vehicle with it. All construction movements to and from the site will cease during school drop off and pick up times.
Get in touch
If you have any concerns or wish to find out more, please email us at savethejetty@gmail.com and we’ll endeavour to come back to you as soon as possible.