Latest news Saturday 8th September

I visited the site on a glorious Saturday morning.  I was surprised to find that it was a hive of activity unlike previous Saturday visits when there were just a few people on site. 

Construction workers were removing scaffolding from recently poured viaduct supports.  This shot taken beside the scrapyard looking north.

 Another worked a loader along side one of the only two unfinished supports.

 Two more sections have gone in as I suspected.  Short section again straddles the pier.  Every other pier has two pairs of mountings.

 Side on view of the new sections.

 Side decking has been added to more sections.  Workers were in evidence all along these sections right along to the other side of the main line.

 Looking back south at the recently added sections stretching away now from the higher ground.

 Shuttering has been removed and you can now see the concrete lip and the steel reinforcing ready to be shuttered.

 Looking through the trees at the new sections.

 I perched on the gas pipe again to take this shot of the end wall where the embankment will meet the viaduct.

 And from the other side looking over the wing wall of the former Bedford line bridge.  The viaduct supports have their mountings now as do piers two and three in the next picture.  The road here is closed tomorrow so I wonder if they are going to lift in this section.  Would have to be done on a Sunday to avoid disrupting the scrapyard.

 All week a digger has been at work here removing the old embankment.  It is now tiered for some reason as this shot shows.

 Numbers two and three with their mountings in place.

 I then moved to the end of Wilbury Way to find that the embankment construction is moving ever closer the the viaduct.  Perimeter fencing of the redundant sewage works has been removed and the ground prepared.  Not any great height here yet but it doesn't take long at the rate they work.

 From Hillgate, it looks like it is up to the correct height as it matches the top of the accommodation bridge.  One digger and dumper were working here.  It looked like soil capping was being put into place from what I could make out. More tomorow if there is any change.