Gas Works Continue

Wales and West have advised us that the works are progressing well in Moorland Road – they have successfully inserted the new main on the right hand side of the road as it went the full length required i.e to Triangle North. The left hand side did not go as far and stopped on a blockage just past the junction with Herbert Road.

They are currently commissioning the main on the Francis DIY side of the road and are aiming to have this completed, together with all works on the right hand side in the first section of Moorland Road (i.e. between Shaftesbury Road and Livingstone Road) by the end of next week, with the left hand side in this section completed and cleared by the end of the following week.

Next week they will be completing connections on the junctions with Herbert Road and Livingstone Road, and this will involve open cutting new links around the junctions to minimise any impact on traffic flows. They will then continue with the insertion of the main on the left hand side from a point just past the Herbert Road junction and will have to see how far it goes from there.

Road closures have been kept to an absolute minimum and the success of this next insertion will dictate whether the next closure (due on 03/10 on the section adjacent to the Library) will be required or not.

WWU now have more information concerning the mains locations for the final connections works adjacent to the Brook Road bridge it is now apparent that these works cannot be completed without a closure on the West Avenue/Triangle North junction due to the size/location of the required excavations here.

A new closure request has been submitted to B&NES to close this location from 12/10/11 – 18/11/11, although WWU have committed to only enforce the closure when absolutely necessary, however with the extent of the connections works required a closure will be unavoidable.

The map shows the closure area. For a larger image, click on the map.