Artist's impression of the Tauranga Waterfront revamp. Image/supplied
A contractor has been appointed to begin work on the revamp of Tauranga Waterfront, which can be watched from a live feed camera.
Tauranga City Council has appointed Mount Maunganui-based HEB Construction as civil works contractors for constructing the new tidal stairs, pier and pontoon at the waterfront.
The contract
has a value of $2.8 million, for 49 metres of tidal stairs, a new 27 metre pier and a new 24 by 3 metre floating pontoon.
People will be able to watch the construction underway via a live feed from a camera at www.tauranga.govt.nz/accesstowater.
Jaine Lovell-Gadd, general manager - city transformation, said an extended timeframe for construction had been agreed.
Construction will begin by the end of October. Based on current construction timeframes, assuming no significant weather-related delays, construction would be completed and the new facilities would be open to the public by Easter.
