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Bridging troubled waters: re-connecting the Coromandel

ANALYSIS: An off-the-rack solution to fix the immediate problem of reconnecting the Coromandel Peninsula via State Highway 25A proved its worth as a faster, cheaper option to developing a ‘bespoke’ design.

Contracting team on the completed Taparahi bridge.

Sometimes, it doesn’t take a mountain of money or reinventing the wheel to fix a problem.

Sometimes, as in the case of a piece of infrastructure subject to South Pacific wild weather, it’s a solution born of necessity.

In late January 2023, after what the National Institute of Water and

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Brent Melville Mon, 02 Sep 2024
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