Project news
Note: Please treat the new bridge as a construction zone and stay off until the opening
Bridging the Tauherenikau
Bridging the Gap
Progress on the Greytown Trails Trust bridge proposal over the Tauherenikau river is going well with an initial design (shown in the artists impression above) completed and approved by Greater Wellington Regional Council river engineers.
The bridge will have span of 130m and steel towers over 17m high. It will be braced off the existing rail bridge some 7m downstream.
The Greytown Trails Trust is expecting a price of around $500k for the bridge and KiwiRail approval is in the pipeline.
Land owner agreements have been negotiated and are awaiting legal signoff.
The riverside tracks have been marked out and once Greater Wellington Regional Council river engineers have approved them construction will start mainly with volunteers. The tracks will be built to NZ CycleTrail grade one standard and will be attractive and picturesque, especially on the Woodside (north) side where the native bush is established.
The Trust hopes that the project will be shovel ready by April with all approvals gained and tracks complete.
Leave it to the Experts!
A qualified engineer and active mountain climber, Abseil Access co-founder Martin Wilson is a director who likes to get his hands dirty. An early indication of Martin’s intent to ensure that safety is a core element of the company’s work ethic was Martin’s involvement in setting up the Industrial Rope Access Association of NZ 1997. Martin’s passion is designing and constructing suspension bridges.