The start of the second phase of the Strand seawall and promenade upgrade has been delayed by a month, and is now scheduled to begin by Monday 25 November.
It was initially indicated that the two- year project would start by mid-October, but according to the Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Eddie Andrews, the issuing of the construction works permit by the Department of Labour is taking longer than expected.
He explained that the project scope will be completed in five phases, starting at the Strand Pavilion side, working towards Greenways Estate in the east, and each phase has an average duration of five months.
Asked to elaborate on plans to ease traffic congestion during the busy festive period, Andrews said that traffic will be managed by the contractors’ traffic management plan. It includes a stop/go system that will be put in place along the affected portion of Beach Road while works are underway on the promenade, road and seawall.
Andrews said a stop/go system will also be in place during the construction of the raised intersections.
“The location of the stop/go systems will depend on the stage of construction. Besides that, we envisage minimal interruption to road traffic and plan to open up as much road and pedestrian walkways for the season period as possible to further reduce the temporary impact. Affected residents and buildings will be provided with continuous access to their properties and notified of any changes if they occur.”
Andrews also assured that “pedestrians will have a temporal corridor walkway during each phase for the length of the phase which is roughly 200 m at a time.”
Construction equipment typical for this scale of project will be used, such as major construction equipment including a crawler crane, excavators, TLBs, crane trucks, road-construction milling machines, rollers, dewatering equipment, temporary works, flat bed deliver and tipper trucks.
The work will be executed with a minimum of four teams of five to six people along with site supervisors and construction manager. The project will feature the same design, look and feel as residents can experience at the previously completed Strand Seawall Phase 1 project.
