Good afternoon, all, I hope your week is going well so far. Since my update in February, the Site Team have continued concreting the new road and paths throughout the Sewage Treatment Works (STW). As well as this, Hydrok attended as planned yesterday and will continue today to complete the metal work. We have Northeast Pipeline Solutions on site currently, who have provided the metal work for the NSAF outlet pipework and stilling tubes in both the tertiary pumping station and interstage pumping station. If you have any questions regarding the work, please don’t hesitate to add comment in the box below and a member of the Project Team will respond accordingly. Take care and speak soon! Bethany  

Good morning The team are progressing well, with the rising main works and the completion of new high point discharge chamber. The remaining 225 diameter gravity drainage is also complete leaving just the two connections to the valve slabs. Work within Goose Beck Sewerage Treatment Works continues with the excavation and installation of the ducting from the new draw pits to new overflow chamber, ready for cabling for the proposed new UMON 2. The team have installed the Wet Well beams and our contractor Retroflo have completed the Valve slab pipework, supports along with cable works and glanding to the new MCC which is almost complete in readiness for the power supply. Connection pipework has been installed at Long Newton Sewerage Treatment Works from the new valve slab with pipework to the new valve/vertical pipework on the existing networks to tie in. Please contact us direct if you have any questions at nwl.customer@esh.uk.com. Thank you Rachel

Important information about work in your area We recently wrote to you about our work to install a new sewer pipe along Bow Street and Gresham Road and the requirement for completing these works in three phases, to try and minimise disruption as much as possible. We mentioned previously that due to the nature of our work, and for the safety of our Customers and our Site Team, a rolling closure is required as we progress through each phase of the works. We are nearing completion of phase 1 and therefore, phase 2 of our works will commence on Monday 24th March and will take six weeks to complete, this includes out investigation works, before moving to Phase 3. We will try to maintain emergency access during our working hours, ensuring emergency vehicles can get as close to the properties as possible. You can find the plan of each phase, and the road closure for phase 2 on page 3 on this update. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause however, should you require any assistance, our site team will be happy to help you.

Good morning all, Happy Monday, I hope you enjoyed the weekend. Since my last update, a lot of great work has happened on Site, and I want to share this with you. Throughout phase 1, the Site have produced an excellent product ensuring the safety of one another and the residents whist carrying out the work. All pipelaying has been completed and all shoring from phase 1 has now been removed and off hired. The road reinstatement works have been carried out to allow phase 1 to reopen. The Traffic Management System has now been condensed and the respective contractors have been booked in and confirmed, ready for us to switch over on to phase 2 this week, following our letter drop last week and I am pleased to report that we are slightly ahead of the programme. I have included some photographs in my update should you wish to take a look at the great work. As always, if you have any questions regarding the work, please don’t hesitate to add a comment in the box below and a member of the Project Team will respond accordingly. Take care and speak soon! Bethany

Hi all, We wanted to let you know we will be working this weekend on site, on the 22nd & 23rd of March. If you have an issues or queries please contact Jason our site agent on 07970248988. Thanks.

The refurbished pump went back into the pumping station on the 11th Feb. Once in, we had a week or so of well cleaning whilst we had low flows. More recently we have experienced periods of rainfall which has seen the pump perform in line with expectations. As such there has been no flooding form the upstream network. Therefore we will now look to remove the temporary road to the pumping station and return the land to its original condition. We will carry out some minor additional works within the pump house in the near future but this will have no impact on performance. In terms future investment, a solution has been costed and this will is now will the Tactical flooding team for consideration. They will determine the priority of such a proposal against the assessment criteria for capital investment.

Good Afternoon, please see below updates on our ongoing Environmental Improvement Projects: Stanghow Road, Lingdale We have now completed the new drainage installation works on Balmoral Road and the road closure has now been lifted. From Monday 17th March, a new road closure has been implimented on Sandringham Road whilst we complete the next section of Pipework.  We will be carrying out survey works on the roundabout between Balmoral Road and High Street, week commencing 24th March for approximately 4 weeks. We will have crew members on site who will ensure the area is safe for roadusers to manouver. We continue to work on the Attenuation Tank on Staghow Road and the works on the Meadow are still on hold until all pipework has been installed. The area remains safe for the general public until further works commence. Pithouse Lane, Leamside  All major civils work is now complete. Although a small site presence remains, the compound area will be demobilised and reinstatement work will be carried out once we have some drier weather. Finchale View, West Rainton All major civils works are complete and the compound has been demobilised  We will return to reistate the working area once we have some drier weather. Moor Crescent/Barnard Avenue, Ludworth Esh Stantec will complete all final reinstatements on Moor Crescent and Barnard Avenue starting Monday 24 March 2025 and expect this to be completed within 1 week, weather permitting. The site compound located on Moor Crescent will begin demobilisation from Monday 31 March 2025 and we expect this to be completed within 2 weeks. Etherley Lane, Bishop Auckland From Saturday 22 March 2025, the team will be working weekends for a period of 6 weeks. Working hours are between 8.00am and 16.30pm. Please contact us direct if you have any questions at nwl.customer@esh.uk.com Thank you  Alice and Rachel

Afternoon All, Let’s get up to date with WINEP Great Ayton STW Storm Tank Capacity: Work to install the dewatering solution to allow the shaft sinking to restart commenced last week and is expected to continue for the next week or so. Once all the wells are in place, they can be connected together, and the ground water can start to be pumped down. This water should come out of the dewatering wells clean, but we will also run it through a Lamella Settlement Tank to make sure any remaining suspended solids have been completely removed before discharge. Again, we do not anticipate either the abstraction or discharge of the water to have any negative effect on the surrounding environment and we have taken all reasonable steps to ensure that that is so. We have also worked on our new solution to feed the new storm tank/shaft without the need for a sizable diversion of existing surface water pipes and new headwall on the riverside. This is all now agreed, and we have laid the first section of feed pipe and constructed a manhole. Next, we will start on the interceptor chamber which will, upon completion of the works, divert the existing storm water for storage in the new storm tank/shaft until the flows have dropped sufficiently for it to be treated as normal. In the meantime, we are installing temporary storm storage tanks and pumps which will triple the current storm water storage volume on site to address the chance of overflows whilst the permanent works are completed.   Thanks for taking the time to visit the portal. Dave Eden, Project Manager

Good morning, I hope you’re well and enjoying the week so far. Now that we are nearing completion of the Great Broughton STW Upgrade, I wanted to provide an update on the progress we have made: All major components have now been installed, tested and commissioned with only minor elements of the work remaining; these will be completed within the next few weeks. Our office and Site welfare cabins have been downsized and replaced with a single welfare unit, reflecting the small amount of work remaining. Should you have any questions regarding the works, please don’t hesitate to add a comment in the box below and a member of the Project Team will respond accordingly. Best Regards, Bethany.

Good morning all, I hope you’re having a good start to the week. I thought I’d share an update with you, on the recent progress made by the Site Team. I am pleased to let you know that the drain run from MH02-MH03 (Manhole 2 & 3) is now complete and you will have noticed that 90% of Cutlers Hall Road has been temporarily reinstated. The Team have started the drain run MH02-MH01 and are past the main bank of services exposed in Valley Gardens. This is good news and an obstacle that the team have worked hard to have resolved as quickly and safely as possible, to progress with the works. Whilst we install, back fill and temporarily reinstate the area, this means that we will be blocking people’s driveways however the Team will aim to have this work carried out as soon as possible. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the works on Cutlers Hall Road and Valley Gardens then please don’t hesitate to add a comment in the box below and a member of the Project Team will respond accordingly. Take care and speak soon, Bethany

Hi all, We wanted to let you know we will be working this weekend on site, on the 15th of March. If you have an issues or queries please contact Jason our site agent on 07970248988. Thanks.

Pot hole repairs on Mount Lane. Hi All, following feedback on the condition of sections of Mount Lane from residents and discussions with Sunderland City Council, further pothole repairs have been scheduled in for Saturday 15th March. Whilst the work is being undertaken by SCC, we wanted to make you aware as there may be some minor disruption while the repairs take place. Thank You Sarah