Workers resume project to remove vegetation from Black Watch Pass
Created: Jan 30, 2023 07:33 AM (Updated: Jan 30, 2023 10:19 AM)
Black Watch Pass was closed to the public at the weekend due to vegetation removal along the upper cliff face. Workmen from public works managed the road closure from 7am until 5pm, and motorists and pedestrians were advised to use alternative routes via North Shore Road or Marsh Folly Road during the road closure. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Workers resumed a project to remove vegetation from Black Watch Pass over the weekend.
The road was closed to the public on Saturday while crews used cranes and tools to access and clear plant life.
Although the work was originally expected to be completed earlier this month, poor weather conditions on the weekend of January 14 forced the project to be postponed.
Pedestrians were warned there would be no access while the operation was carried out, "due to the anticipation of ongoing falling debris”.
Black Watch Pass was closed to the public at the weekend, due to vegetation removal along the upper cliff face. Workmen from public works managed the road closure from 7am until 5pm, and motorists and pedestrians were advised to use alternative routes via North Shore Road or Marsh Folly Road during the road closure. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Black Watch Pass was closed to the public at the weekend, due to vegetation removal along the upper cliff face. Workmen from public works managed the road closure from 7am until 5pm, and motorists and pedestrians were advised to use alternative routes via North Shore Road or Marsh Folly Road during the road closure. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Black Watch Pass was closed to the public last weekend, due to vegetation removal along the upper cliff face. Workmen from Public Works managed the road closure from 7am until 5pm, and motorists and pedestrians were advised to use alternative routes via North Shore Road or Marsh Folly Road during the road closure. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Black Watch Pass was closed to the public last weekend, due to vegetation removal along the upper cliff face. Workmen from Public Works managed the road closure from 7am until 5pm, and motorists and pedestrians were advised to use alternative routes via North Shore Road or Marsh Folly Road during the road closure. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Black Watch Pass was closed to the public last weekend, due to vegetation removal along the upper cliff face. Workmen from Public Works managed the road closure from 7am until 5pm, and motorists and pedestrians were advised to use alternative routes via North Shore Road or Marsh Folly Road during the road closure. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Black Watch Pass was closed to the public last weekend, due to vegetation removal along the upper cliff face. Workmen from Public Works managed the road closure from 7am until 5pm, and motorists and pedestrians were advised to use alternative routes via North Shore Road or Marsh Folly Road during the road closure. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Black Watch Pass was closed to the public last weekend, due to vegetation removal along the upper cliff face. Workmen from Public Works managed the road closure from 7am until 5pm, and motorists and pedestrians were advised to use alternative routes via North Shore Road or Marsh Folly Road during the road closure. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
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Published January 30, 2023 at 7:33 am (Updated January 30, 2023 at 10:19 am)
Workers resume project to remove vegetation from Black Watch Pass
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