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GENERAL PROJECT

Kielder Reservoir Improvement Works

Together with our supply partners Esh Stantec we plan to carry out improvement works to Kielder Reservoir over a period of 4 months. These works are needed to ensure the resilience of the reservoir.

Update by Dave Eden

Hello all,

First of all, apologies for the lack of updates to this point, we have been busy setting up our site and getting internet access which any local will tell you is tenuous at best.

We started on site 05/09/22 setting up compounds and carrying out preparatory works before our main ground investigation teams arrived on 12/09/22. Since then we have been digging trial holes and drilling boreholes.

We currently have two borehole rigs on site, one on the crest top road and a slope climbing rig on the dam embankment. Over the course of the next few days we will be getting two further rigs to site to ramp up the works. These are intended to work on the dam embankment and the reservoir ‘beach’ below Hawkhope car park.

Some of the trial pits and one of current boreholes are on the crest top road which has meant we have to have traffic management in place. Rather than traffic lights we have opted for a priority system which should keep the small amounts of traffic running more smoothly. Please just try to assess the on coming traffic and take you turn as the signs instruct; you will mostly find you can drive straight through.

We will have further boreholes to carry out on the crest road as the works progress and the traffic management will be moved to accommodate but the road in never intended to be closed, just narrowed on the priority system, so access to Hawkhope car park will be maintained.

For those intending to attend or take part in the Kielder Marathon this weekend please be assured that we will reduce our presence to the minimum to ensure you can enjoy the races to the full. We will still have rigs in the area and on the dam embankment plus our fenced compound in Hawkhope car park but we will remove all equipment and materials from the crest top road and back fill and temporarily resurface any boreholes or trial pits we have open.

I have attached some photos for those interested, though due to the nature of the works most of it is happening below the surface.

Thanks for taking the time read

Dave Eden

Project Manager

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