SH2 Wairoa River Bridge Cycleway Extension

Closing the cycling circuit

PROJECT: SH2 Wairoa River Bridge Cycleway Extension CONTRACTOR: Brian Perry Civil (BPC) CLIENT: Western Bay of Plenty District Council (WBOPDC) VALUE: $4m

The Wairoa River Bridge Cycleway project in Tauranga is a new purposebuilt cycleway and pedestrian bridge that will complete the final link in the Omokoroa to Tauranga cycle trail.

The seven-span, 177m steel cycleway is attached to the Wairoa Bridge on SH2 and offers a scenic, safe and fully accessible route for cyclists to travel across the Wairoa River.

BPC has brought innovation and sound construction knowledge to the team, getting involved in the construction planning from the early stages. Despite significant risk and complexity around working over water, Covid Level 4 lockdown and working at heights, BPC’s constructability inputs into the design helped overcome these challenges alongside its subcontractors. Coming up with a lightweight steel truss and successfully working with stakeholders such as Waka Kotahi, local hapu, Ngati Kahu, Ports of Tauranga and others, facilitated delivery.

The result has been a successful delivery of this integral part of the region’s growing cycling network.