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Speaker 1: Well, let's all go behind the scenes on our second

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Speaker 1: Ashburton River bridge. Finally the wheels are spinning. They've been

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Speaker 1: testing the ground trying to figure out how to show

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Speaker 1: on the gulls. Fletchers have recently been named as the

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Speaker 1: lead contractor. MTTA and our Ashburton District Council hosting an

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Speaker 1: information session this afternoon. You're welcome to pop by the

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Speaker 1: Ashburton Library between three thirty and six point thirty to

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Speaker 1: catch up with some of those who are busy working

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Speaker 1: away and ask any burning questions. You might have Lonnie

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Speaker 1: Dalziel as the project manager from MDTA, so he's going

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Speaker 1: to be there. It was lucky enough to catch up

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Speaker 1: with him to get a few early questions in. We're

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Speaker 1: not sure exactly what the thing's going to look like yet.

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Speaker 1: Designs due to be completed by the end of the year.

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Speaker 1: But one thing is for sure, and this took me

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Speaker 1: by surprise because I didn't really think about it until

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Speaker 1: he mentioned it. To be fair, this bridge is going

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Speaker 1: to stand taller than the existing one.

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Speaker 2: So when you're building the bridge, we built it at

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Speaker 2: above a one of nine hundred year level storm and

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Speaker 2: so when you're building it it's going to be much

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Speaker 2: higher than the existing bridges, so you've got to tie

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Speaker 2: down into the Cutter's Creek and the embankment tie in

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Speaker 2: right Carters, which is just on the other side of

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Speaker 2: the river.

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Speaker 1: Terrace really is there at the stage it's probably more

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Speaker 1: a flextious thing. But is there a bit of a

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Speaker 1: commitment to support local where we can in this project?

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Speaker 1: We're going to see a lot of local faces working

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Speaker 1: on the site, local suppliers certainly.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's definitely, especially when you're working in the regions

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Speaker 2: like around the Ashburton area, you do rely heavily on

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Speaker 2: the local market. Also working with v CAN to opportunities

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Speaker 2: to take gravel out of the river nearby as well

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Speaker 2: where it's kind of deemed acceptable by e CAN. So

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Speaker 2: working closely to maximize those opportunities. But you're right towards

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Speaker 2: the end of the year early next year, that's well

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Speaker 2: some of the real conversations and opportunities will be discussed.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I love that. What's the intention of the second bridge?

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Speaker 1: Is it designed to to take some of the heavy

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Speaker 1: traffic off State One? Are you building it primarily for

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Speaker 1: the big trucks to bypass the center town?

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Speaker 2: No? It's a bit of a myth that one, because

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Speaker 2: it's actually a Ashburton District Council project, so it was

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Speaker 2: always designed for the connectivity between Tinmuled and Ashburton. There

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Speaker 2: are out of benefits such as the people that use

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Speaker 2: the new bridge, so the ones going from Charmers onto

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Speaker 2: the new road, they won't be using State Higway one,

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Speaker 2: so there will be a reduction of vehicles on State

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Speaker 2: Hire one. And importantly it's the people turning right onto

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Speaker 2: State Highway one off of the side roads, which is

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Speaker 2: a dangerous maneuver, so reducing that as much as possible.

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Speaker 1: So this isn't going to be the new State highway.

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Speaker 1: This is a locals road essentially.

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Speaker 2: It is very much a local road. So the State

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Speaker 2: Highway one will remain where State Highway one is and

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Speaker 2: this will be a new asset for Ashburten communities.

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Speaker 1: Once it's built. Who looks after it?

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Speaker 2: So the current thinking at the moment is that the

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Speaker 2: bridge will remain in NCTAA set but the rest will

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Speaker 2: be ad C But generally with local roads, the running

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Speaker 2: surface so you know the chipsey L and Nashvilt that

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Speaker 2: go over top of the bridge is usually maintained by

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Speaker 2: the District Council. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Entry, is that a unique setup, fairly unique?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there's been people talk about this being

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Speaker 2: the shortest section of state highway, but yeah, it is

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Speaker 2: a fairly unique setup.

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Speaker 1: Hey, that's a cool marketing angle, isn't it. Eshburton home

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Speaker 1: to the shortest section of state highway in the country.

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Speaker 1: Come and check it out as we start construction on

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Speaker 1: the thing hopefully early next year. But you can find

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Speaker 1: out more about that the pop and session at the

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Speaker 1: Ashburton Library this afternoon three thirty till six thirty