Romaine Reserve - Bridge and boardwalk replacement

  • Completion Date30 September 2025
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The new Romaine bridge will be made of steel, and coated in Pine Green. We have widened it to 3m after listening to community input regarding our Active Transport Strategy (round 1).

 

Construction started onsite Thursday 17 July, to begin building up the northern end of the track. This will allow crane access for the bridge installation. Once the track is ready, our building crew will take over. They will be removing the old piers and installing the new ones. A new 3m wide boardwalk will then connect the pathway to the new structure.

 

We kindly ask all reserve users to adhere to all signage during these works. 

Construction Updates:

9 September 2025

Councils building and civil teams have been working together boring large pier holes for the bridges' steel frame foundations.
They've laid concrete pads at the bottom of each hole, providing a base for the reinforced steel frames to sit on.
The southern foundations are now done, with the northern foundations underway!

 

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20 August 2025

The building team have been busy installing the steel reinforcing bars, boxing and pour concrete for the southern bridge abutment at the romaine bridge replacement, which got poured today. 

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17 August 2025

Your building and maintenance team have started on their part of the bridge and boardwalk replacement project. They have excavated the southern footing and poured the base for the bridge support.

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17 July 2025

Our civil crew are onsite building up the northern end of the track. This will allow crane access for the bridge installation. Once the track is ready, our building crew will take over. They will be removing the old piers and installing the new ones. 

  • Pre-start meeting with Building and Civil Crew.
  • Works commenced on site preparation (removing existing piers and track widening/levelling).
  • Shop drawings received for 

 

Plans

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September 2024

A fallen tree destroyed the pedestrian bridge, due to the extent of the damage this will not be a quick and easy fix

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Location

11 Amanda Ct, Romaine 7320  View Map and directions

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Design Timeline

September 2024

  • Timber structure and adjacent boardwalks damaged during storm event (fallen Blackwood across midspan of bridge)
  • Parks and Reserves crew remove the damaged structure and implement detours for all Romaine reserve users.
  • PDA engaged to conduct survey of creek and surrounding area (received late September).
  • Pitt & Sherry consulted on proposal of design of 3 bridges due to be replaced in Capital Program.

 

October 2024

  • Proposal from Pitt & Sherry accepted (Design of 2 bridges at Romaine Reserve and 1 at Shorewell Creek).

(some delays expected due to Christmas close period)

 

February 2025

  • Preliminary design received for Council review (Comments provided late Feb).
  • Additional flood data sought to aid final design.

 

March 2025

  • SICC engaged to provide coating specification and perform QA inspections during fabrication.
  • Pitt & Sherry implementing requested changes.

 

April 2025

  • Second preliminary set received from Pitt & Sherry.
  • Site visit with Billing Cranes, determined would be too difficult to install structure in one piece due to height of surrounding trees. Recommendations passed onto Pitt & Sherry to alter design to allow for easier installation.

 

June 2025

  • Construction set received from Pitt & Sherry.
  • Quotes obtained for fabrication from local suppliers.
  • The Steel Works engaged to undertake fabrication. (estimated 6-8 weeks)
  • Benchmark engaged for CLC.

 

 

 

Romaine Northern Bridge Construction.pdf(PDF, 2MB)

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