While this is outside of our area, our members may become aware of work happening at the ferry terminal site in future nights. As part of the ferry terminal redevelopment work, project engineers will be checking for underground services (pipes and wires) that might need shifting before construction work starts later this year.
They will be looking for services throughout the Wellington terminal operational area, including carparking and rental vehicle areas, KiwiRail marshalling yards and on the CentrePort land adjacent to the Kaiwharawhara stream bridge.
Local contractors JFC have been engaged to do the work. They will use a method called ‘hydrovac excavation’ to create a hole and vacuum out the material so that surveyors can confirm the exact location of services. The hole is filled back in and tidied before moving onto the next location.
Work will be coordinated with CentrePort Wellington, Interislander and KiwiRail with a traffic controller in place to assist with pedestrian and vehicle coordination. None of this work is on public roads. Around 19 holes will be excavated with each taking a few hours to complete. The team expects to have all the work finished within three weeks.
This in-ground investigation work requires some overnight work which will take place overnight (8pm – 6am) on Thursday 2 June and Thursday 9 June.
If you want to follow this project – there is a website at Wellington — New Interislander (irex.co.nz)