Contractors wearing protective clothing and breathing apparatus remove cladding from the Hillside workshop building in South Dunedin. Photos: Stephen JaquieryPlans to revitalise KiwiRail’s Hillside workshops in South Dunedin have been given a major shunt forward. Contractors remove cladding from the Hillside workshop building‘‘We are using a certified company for asbestos decontamination associated with the demolition. ‘‘The next step is to upgrade the main rail workshops on the site, including overhauling the ageing heavy-lift crane and traverser. Most work at Hillside ended in 2012, after KiwiRail awarded an estimated $29million manufacturing contract to a Chinese company — a terminal blow.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 28, 2020 15:22 UTC