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Stage Two – May 2023

Factory (off site) where the pre-cast concrete bridge is made
Grader pushing out preload material near Loop Road
Installing wick drains next to the temporary Oaks Road realignment
Investigation works for piling on the Otaika Bridge
Sealing the entrance to the temporary Oaks Road
Settlement plate which measure the consolidation of the ground below the preload
Settlement plates for the wick drain preloading looking north to Loop Rd
Stabilising the bank of the Otaika Stream ahead of the bridge construction
Temporary Oaks Road - Ready for use
Under construction - Temporary Oaks Road
Wick drains installed south of Loop Road
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Stage Two – April 2023

Wick drain rig pushing wicks into the ground
Wick drain installation north of Otaika Creek bridge
Wick drain installation moving south
Wick drain installation at the northern end near Loop Rd
Soil sample from a borehole - inspecting the ground conditions
Night works - site investigations - doing a 'test pit'
Night works - line marking near Oaks Rd
Constructing temporary Oaks Rd alignment
Bulk earthworks stripping topsoil layers
Base layers for temporary Oaks Rd realignment
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Stage Two – March 2023

Set out for initial wick drain installtion area near Otaika Creek bridge
Relocation of a neighbours 100 year old orange tree
Nightworks to realign the guardrails near Loop Road roundabout
Installing temporary guardrails on SH1
Installing drainage blankets on top of the subgrade layers near Loop Road roundabout
Installing a culvert under project entrance
Environmental controls alongside the temporary Oaks Road alignment
Environmental controls (silt fence) alongside Otaika Creek
Constructing subgrade layers near Loop Road roundabout
Additional lane alignment alongside SH1 looking north
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Stage One

SH1 aerial near Oaks Road - March 2019
Enabling works - site office establishment - March 2019
Earthworks south of Loop Road (North) - April 2019
Earthworks Loop Road (North) - May 2019
Earthworks - May 2019
Preload and environmental management Portland Road - May 2019
Concrete piling underway - June 2019
Preloading for temporary road alignment on eastern side of SH1 - June 2019
Intersection progress at Loop Road - July 2019
Earthworks north of Loop Road - July 2019
Box culverts awaiting installation - July 2019
Digging the trench for the box culvert - July 2019
Laing the foundation for the concrete culvert - August 2019
Concrete culvert installation - August 2019
Zone Earthworks north of Loop Road/SH1 - September 2019
Temporary road under construction (eastern side of roundabout) - September 2019
Earthworks alongside the northbound passing lane (north of Loop Road) - November 2019
Traffic on the temporary road to the east of SH1 - November 2019
Temporary road layout at Loop Road/SH1 while western side of roundabout is constructed - November 2019
Earthworks underway corner of Portland Road/SH1 - December 2019
Roundabout construction progress at Loop Road/SH1 intersection - December 2019
Roundabout construction progress at Loop Road/SH1 intersection - view two - December 2019
New quarry access road under construction alongside SH1 - December 2019
Drainage pipes awaiting installation - Loop Road - January 2020
Digging Services Trench - January 2020
SH1 new pavement construction north of Loop Road - January 2020
Tree felling at Portland Road intersection - February 2020
Removal of pre-load from Loop Road, construction to start soon - February 2020
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