I apologise if you’re sick of all the posts about roadworks, because this is yet another.
Last Friday morning (5th October), I decided to go for a bike ride to see what had been happening with the roadworks. I hadn’t had a chance to do it for a few days because the roadworks start at about 6:30 AM and finish at about 5 PM. The roadworks weren’t happening on this particular Friday because I think that every fortnight they get a weekday off work.
You can see and read about what I did by looking at the pictures and their captions below.
First of all I went across the road to find out why trucks were being filled up with dirt by the excavators. This is the reason: they had dug out a big drench in preparation for laying down the stuff that they put underneath a road (I think). As you can see, the underground water level is still quite high.
I then went across to an excavator that had been left there. This photo gives you an idea of how big the scoop was.
Coming a bit further on, I was able to get a look at the temporary road that had been tarred so that they could work unhindered on the old road (soon to be made new).
I then rode a fair way on down to the bridge. This photo shows that they have made an attempt at damming up the creek.
Further up from the bridge I came across the small hill that they had been digging lots of clay and dirt from. The dirt is then carted down to around our place and used to fill in the big trench they’ve dug (see the photo at the top). You can see how much dirt had been excavated: The sides are roughly 3 times my height!
Riding back down from the hill I stopped to snap this picture of the big piles of dirt just above the creek.
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