The panoramic photo above was taken looking at the south side of the site opposite Harbour road. This area will be where the new road junction will be, that will link Harbour road to the Tesco Development and the rest of the Regeneration area, when it is all completed. This junction will be located in between Bay court and Norcombe court which are on the opposite side of Harbour Road
This is a photo taken on my Iphone looking over to the Tesco side of the site, from the car park next to the Co-Op supermarket.
The photo above is of one of the workmen on the western (Tesco) side of the regeneration area, keeping an eye on one of the rollers off to the left of the frame that was going backwards and forwards. With more loads of infill material being brought to this area in the background.
Dont know whether this is directly related to the site, but I assume it is considering I have never seen it before on the tramway. There must be run off water from the slopes at the side of the infill material, as I noticed the other day that a specialist machine was spraying water over the whole area, presumably to help compact the ground in the area.
The photograph above is looking in a south easterly direction from the tramway car park towards where the front of the Tesco store will be, as well as the pedestrian area and the 'Kiosk' building that will be opposite the store entrance.
This photo is of one of the dumper trucks arriving onto the site with a new load of infill to drop, in the area where the goods yard/delivery area of the Tesco store will be located on the site. The second of the pipeline bridges which runs between the regeneration site and the former Racal site can be seen on the left hand side two thirds of the way down.
The photo above was taken looking in a direction that will be facing the front of the Tesco store when it is completed later on this year. The perimeter fence (what you can still see of it) is along the left hand side, with a dumper unloading infill material onto the raised land and a scoop spreading it out ready to be rolled flat.
The photo above was taken looking towards the Tesco side of the site, with the area in view being occupied eventually by the store, the petrol station and the Car Park, the rest of the site will be grassed over until developers come forward to build houses etc on the land.
This image was taken from outside the viewing platform, looking towards the Harbour road side of the site. With machines and some debris on the ground. This area will be roughly where the access road to the Supermarket will be, presumably running on a gentle slope upwards with grass banks either side from Harbour road due to the height of the infill that the site will be on.
This photo above was also taken from the viewing platform looking towards the town centre. In the distance you can see the grey building (old youth centre) and a triangular roofed building on the left of it (toilets) which will be demolished to make way for the pedestrian entrance from the town centre to the Tesco site, which occupies the foreground area. The store being furthest away, then the car park closest with the petrol station off to the right of the frame.
This photo was taken outside the main site office. It shows details of the main operations on the site over a period of time and what risks they entail, followed by restrictions on movements that are put in place during those operations.
This whole area in November will basically be filled by the Tesco store, which is on the western part of the site as mentioned before in the blog.
On site there are various areas of water, and in some of them, like this one here, there are even ducks on the water, which I though added a nice touch. Its a shame that they will only be there temporarily.
This is one of the machines that was found on the Harbour road side of the site. At first glance, I though the writing said something else, which most people will also quite easily work out!
The photo above was taken looking over the perimeter fence at the area where the rear of the Tesco store will stand. As you can see there is already a lot of infill material on site, with more to be put onto it over the coming few weeks.
The photo above was taken looking over the fence close to the tramway station, over in the direction of the Harbor road side of the site. This area will be where the Tesco and its car park will be and also the access road to the car park, petrol station, store and housing when all of that is eventually built.
This photo is taken of the south eastern (main) entrance to the site. Its nice to see that ISG Pearce have added flowers etc to the entrance area, to make it more welcoming to people entering the site to visit the viewing platform etc. It would also be interesting to take a photo from this same point at the end of the year when the Tesco store, its access road etc, is built, to see how much it has changed.
This is a close up shot using my telephoto lens of some of the pipes that have been/will be used on site alongside a digger scoop/bucket.
This view is looking into the rear of where the Tesco store will be (from the skatepark side.) You can see, by looking at the fence, how much infill has already been put on site. The highest point of the infill in this photo is the estimated height of where the site will be when all of the work is completed. The youth centre in the background is still awaiting demolition in order to make way for the entrance/ pedestrian plaza area to the Tesco store.
This photo is a view looking over the fence basically right in the middle of where the tesco store will be. Here, you can clearly see the different levels of the infill material with the dumper trucks in the distance safely sitting on the highest point.
The photo above was taken on a saturday afternoon when there were no workmen working on site. It was taken on the eastern side of the site (by riverside workshops) looking at a simple composition of two Boskalis units.
The view above is looking over the fence from harbor road looking towards the Tesco area of the site. I was standing roughly where the new road leading onto the site will be. With the closest part of the photo to me being the car park, with the store being in the area in the background (taken over by seagulls in this image!) The petrol station will be situated off to the right a couple of hundred metres from where I was standing when taking this photo. It would be good to try and get onto the site especially when rollers dumper trucks etc arent working, so I can take some photos from the site's new ground level.
The photo above was taken from a point that I have taken about 10 photos over the months/years. This is where the access road was to the nursery that was on site until the beginning of this year (hard to imagine it was even there now!) This area is mainly used for fuel deliveries to diggers etc. Again you can clearly see that there is about a metre of infill material already placed on this area of the site.
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