While it is still very early days, Plimmerton Farm has been moving ahead in preparation for our first full earth working season from Oct 25 to June 26. With the approval of the Season 1 Earthworks and Construction Management Plan (ECMP), we have been actively working through installing a variety of silt fences, from the standard variety to the super silt fences that are reinforced and aimed to protect our most valuable ecological features.
We have rescheduled our workflow leading up until June this year with a focus on establishing our first 2 significant Sediment Retention Ponds (SRP’s) and the lower portion of the track up to the reservoir so that come October this year we can complete the second push up to the reservoir site in better weather. So whilst a change in what happens when, it doesn’t fundamentally affect our long-term program and delivery of sites.
A lot of heavy machinery is now making its way to the site, and over the next 8 weeks, passers-by may see some cut-and-fill work being undertaken nearest the James Street Entrance. This work revolves around making room for the new track and road, plus a laydown area for our construction teams, which will later be the commercial area.
We have also felled a number of non-native trees and the wood distributed throughout the community by Ngati Toa as part of clearing the site in preparation for the earthmoving teams getting started.
