The two main buildings are close to watertight, roofing having been completed with the siphonic rainwater drainage systems being installed (the scale of the roofs being such that the water gets sucked off it).
The black blockwork on Waitrose and black thin bricks on the leisure centre are close to completion, as is the white cladding on the former, with the aluminium cladding on the latter soon to start. It is already undergoing internal fit out, in excess of 90,000 blocks having been laid to construct the internal walls.
Casting the concrete roof of the coachway park and ride has started – possibly the longest bus shelter in the country!? Its car park is two thirds complete (as is the Waitrose car park) – and the new ‘Junction A’, closest to Handy Cross roundabout, is shaping up.
Reconfiguration of Junction C (the existing Sports Centre Access Road) has started and this will involve temporary traffic lights, so apologies in advance if these don’t cope. BCC Highways have said they will manually monitor them. Once the modified junction is complete, the southbound carriageway has to be re-surfaced (come July time) which, again, will be a tricky operation.
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