Cuba Street Overbridge

Cuba Street Overbridge is an ageing piece of infrastructure, at nearly 100 years old. It is a vital link providing a key North / South route for traffic, freight and emergency services. It is also a key route for use in the event of an evacuation.  

In August 2024, following assessment of the bridge, it was decided to progress with maintenance, monitoring and strengthening of the bridge. Maintenance works, including concrete repair, were completed in November 2024.

Further live load testing has shown the road is safe for current traffic (including heavy vehicles) but futureproofing work should be completed to ensure we have a resilient road network.

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What we’re doing

Our maintenance, monitoring and strengthening works have progressed well.

As our remaining strengthening work must be completed from within the rail corridor, our contractor Concrete Solutions will begin this last phase of work over Waitangi Weekend, while KiwiRail has no trains running on the Hutt Valley line.

• Work will happen 24/7 from Friday 6 February, 7am until Monday 9 February, 6am.
• There will be some medium level noise during work hours (both day and night) including from onsite generators, heavy machinery, and drilling activities.
• We acknowledge that noise may be disruptive for nearby residents. We will do our best to keep noise to a minimum at night, aiming to complete the noisiest works during day shifts (before 10pm), however, there may be occasions where drilling or other noisy works are required at night.

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