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Northern Corridor
 
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CNC Update

SBC Office —

Work on the new motorway has been progressing well.

 The embankments for the Belfast Road interchange have been ‘filled’ and are now settling for three months. Following the settlement reaching acceptable levels the surcharge (extra fill) will be removed. This is expected to happen before Christmas!

The structures at the Main North Road overpass and where the motorway goes over the railway line are also taking shape: the walls are going up! In the New Year the bridge over the Styx River and the bridges at Prestons Road and Radcliffe Road will start being built.

Excellent progress has been made in the most northern part of our alignment (between Prestons Road and Chaneys on-ramp):

• 1,600 timber piles are installed (500 for Main North Road bridge,700 to take the motorway over the railway line and 400 for the Belfast Road bridge)

• 374km of wick drain material has been pushed into the ground

• 416,000 cubic metres of fill has been brought in

• 7.5km of fibre optic cables have been installed along site to measurethe settlement process 

• 4.2km of underground services relocated.