[CUCBC Contacts] Railway Bridge Navigation Restriction - September

[Conor Burgess]

Dear all,

Further communications with the contractors have made it clear that they
basically expect the river to be fully closed Monday 23rd September -
Friday 27th September and Monday 30th September - Friday 4th October, from
08:00-18:00 on each of those days (and not just some of the time in those
windows). It also looks like this could extend to the 7th and 8th October
(they expect to complete the works on the 4th, but not to finish removing
all of their pontoons and equipment etc. until the following week).

This obviously presents an issue for any clubs planning training sessions
for those days, so if you are looking to hit the ground running on
Michaelmas training, I'd suggest you do so during the weekend of the 5th
and 6th. You'll still be able to get tubs and novices etc. out between
Jesus Lock and Chesterton footbridge, but this obviously isn't ideal for
senior outings.

Hopefully this will be the last update I have to send about this, but I
wouldn't hold your breath...

Conor

On Fri, 13 Sep 2019 at 11:43, Conor Burgess <conor at cucbc.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> **Captains: Please ensure this message reaches everyone in your club who
> is training on the Cam before the start of Michaelmas term.**
>
> We've just heard from the contractors - everything is basically one week
> behind schedule, so all dates move back by one week (this won't be a
> surprise to anyone who's been on the river this week and noticed the lack
> of navigation restrictions!). Hopefully there won't be any further delays
> and they will complete the works requiring a navigation restriction on
> Friday 4th October, before Michaelmas term rowing starts to ramp up that
> weekend, but we'll let you know if that changes. Updated info at the end of
> this email.
>
> Best wishes,
> Conor
>
>
> *From Monday 16th September - Friday 20th September, 08:00-18:00, expect
> the river to be partially closed to 50% of its width. When this is the
> case, they will provide floating buoys around the works, signage up and
> downstream and bankmen up and down stream to let river users know what is
> occurring. Please cooperate with them to pass safely through the works.*
>
> *From Monday 23rd September - Friday 27th September and Monday 30th
> September - Friday 4th October, 08:00-18:00, the river will need to be
> completely closed to all traffic at some times. When this is the case,
> they will provide a boom across the river with signage denoting the river
> is closed, plus signage further up and downstream and banksmen up and
> downstream to let people know what is occurring. They will not be fully
> closing the river past 18.00 nor before 08.00, however there may be 50%
> navigation restrictions outside those times, as well as between 08:00 and
> 18:00 (when the river isn’t closed completely), in which case they’ll have
> the same provisions as the 50% closure above. Again please cooperate with
> the bankmen to pass through safely when not completely closed.*
>
>
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 at 14:21, Conor Burgess <conor at cucbc.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> *Captains: Please ensure this message reaches everyone in your club who
>> is training on the Cam before the start of Michaelmas term.*
>>
>> We’ve received further details from the contractors carrying out the
>> works at the Railway Bridge for the new Chisholm Trail Bridge. They expect
>> to start carrying out piling from the bank from 2nd September. This will
>> not impact navigation initially.
>>
>> From Monday 9th September - Friday 13th September, 08:00-18:00, expect
>> the river to be partially closed to 50% of its width. When this is the
>> case, they will provide floating buoys around the works, signage up and
>> downstream and bankmen up and down stream to let river users know what is
>> occurring. Please cooperate with them to pass safely through the works.
>>
>> From Monday 16th September - Friday 20th September and Monday 23rd
>> September - Friday 27th September, 08:00-18:00, the river will need to be
>> completely closed to all traffic at some times. When this is the case, they will
>> provide a boom across the river with signage denoting the river is closed,
>> plus signage further up and downstream and banksmen up and downstream to
>> let people know what is occurring. They will not be fully closing the river
>> past 18.00 nor before 08.00, however there may be 50% navigation
>> restrictions outside those times, as well as between 08:00 and 18:00 (when
>> the river isn’t closed completely), in which case they’ll have the same
>> provisions as the 50% closure above. Again please cooperate with the
>> banksmen to pass through safely when not completely closed.
>>
>> They assure us that River closures will be kept to a minimum at all times.
>>
>> We’ll keep you up to date with any schedule changes that may occur as
>> soon as we hear about them.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Conor
>>
>>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.cucbc.org/pipermail/contacts_lists.cucbc.org/attachments/20190916/cf26c315/attachment.htm>