Work starting at the intersection of Cambridge and Hamilton roads and Vogel Street will be completed next month. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
Installing a temporary pedestrian and cycle path along Cambridge Road to the Velodrome took contractors longer than anticipated and put the urbanisation project weeks behind schedule.
Signs for the Cambridge Road urbanisation project show a completion date in August 2023.
But The News noted work was still some way off finishing and Waipā District Council Transportation manager Bryan Hudson confirmed that the work, which was also dogged by long stretches of wet weather, should be completed next month.
“But the good news is that all the difficult stuff is now done, and road users should see start to see rapid progress.”
The work includes extending the Hamilton Road cycleway into Cambridge Road, connecting new subdivisions to the road, construction of a three metre wide shared walking and cycling path, a signalised pedestrian crossing and new bus shelters.
A new roundabout is under construction just west of the Te Awa Life Care Village which will include an underpass for cyclists and pedestrians.
Transportation manager Bryan Hudson at developments on Hamilton Road.
