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We’re delighted that Rafter Walk at Canada Dock has been named Active Travel Project of the Year at the 2025 NCE Bridges Awards.
This 170-metre boardwalk honours the site’s timber-trading legacy while offering a bold, contemporary route across rewilded wetlands. The design integrates movement, ecology and reflection—connecting people to place through a striking assembly of red steel and tropical hardwood.
Xylotek played a key role in the delivery of the project, combining expressive timber engineering with a deep sensitivity to site and context. The structure was engineered by Whitby Wood.
Congratulations to everyone involved in this thoughtful and collaborative project – and to all the other finalists and winners celebrated on the night.
Photo © Luke Hayes Photography
