The Ocean Gem - Whangamata Holiday Home

15/11/2023

We are so happy to hear this....!

It looks like the opening of State Highway 25A will be perfectly timed with The Ocean Gem going live for bookings......

Some would say its meant to be 🙏💎☀️✨️

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By John Freer & John Grant

CFM believes progress on the new bridge has been so good and combined with clear indications including dates for sealing the bridge, that an opening before Christmas is very likely, and we believe a date of 18 December is a real possibility. If this happens it will be an outstanding result for NZTA and their hard-working contractors Fulton Hogan and McConnell Dowell and their sub contractors.

When approached NZTA say “we continue to make excellent progress on the bridge and can assure the community that we will be getting the road open to traffic as early as possible. We will be in a position to give an updated estimated opening date, once the critical deck work is complete.” CFM understands that this work is nearing completion apart from sealing.

NZTA last month advised CFM that the project was 60 percent through, that was as at 24 October, and this was after a late July start. Therefore, 60 percent of the work was achieved in three months, and as one construction expert told us, that was the difficult part of the job. At that time NZTA said it was confident that the project will achieve the March 2024 target date, and indicated in a statement that, “we are working hard to try to open the bridge to traffic earlier if possible. We will start installing the 138 precast deck panels in November and if this goes well, we will be able to potentially advise an earlier completion date.”

There was a provision that the works were very dependent on the weather playing ball. “We know how much it would mean to reopen the road for summer and we’re doing everything we can to try and make that happen.” Since then, it is understood that the precast paneling is virtually complete, and the sealing of the bridge has been scheduled for early December.

CFM’s contacts are talking of a potential opening date of December 18, if not a day or two earlier.

More at ..... https://cfm.co.nz/news/state-highway-25a-is-it-set-to-be-open-before-christmas/

12/11/2023

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