GB-Reading: Napier Road Subway
Reading Borough CouncilEstimated Value
£450,000 – £0
Deadline
8 June 2015
Published
10 July 2015
Type
works
Overview
Appointment of contractor to convert a disused rail tunnel into a pedestrian/cycle subway link. Reading Borough Council, as part of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF), will be reopening a derelict tunnel under the Great Western Mainline railway in order to provide a new pedestrian and cycle link and has appointed an experienced Civil Engineering contractor to undertake all works necessary to convert the disused rail tunnel into a pedestrian/cycle subway link between Napier Road and Kenavon Drive in Reading, Berkshire. The works will consist of the following construction activities: •Site clearance •Fencing and landscaping works •Installation of foot/cycleway bituminous pavement including kerbing and drainage •Contractor electrical and illumination design •Installation of nominated subway lighting and installation of CCTV camera systems •Application of proprietary anti-graffiti coating to subway walls below arch springing level •Injection of proprietary waterproofing system to extrados of north and south arch structures •Localised crack sealing and repointing of arch masonry
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Reading Borough CouncilKey Dates
Published
10 July 2015
Submission deadline
8 June 2015
Notice type
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