There is more good news for Ripley residents with Ipswich City Council announcing that demolition of the old Ripley Road timber bridge will begin sooner than expected.
Work was expected to be carried out in November.
However, Acting General Manager of Infrastructure and Environment Tony Dileo said council crews are running ahead of their delivery schedule and will be demolishing the existing bridge structure in the coming weeks.
“Demolition and removal of the structure will take approximately one week subject to weather when work commences onsite,” he said.
“Procurement processes are continuing and project updates will be provided when additional information becomes available.”
The next steps in the bridge replacement
- Demolition of the existing timber structure is scheduled to be completed by mid-October 2019.
- The abutments to the bridge are scheduled to be constructed before Christmas 2019.
- The bridge superstructure will then be installed in January-February 2020.
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