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Springwell Enhancements Project

Northumbrian Water proposes to construct a new underground service reservoir on land it owns off Mount Lane, along with related pipe work in the local area, in a £56m project to commence Spring 2023, following preparatory work on site. The proposed project will not only make the water supply to customers in Springwell Village and the surrounding areas more secure, but will also enable us to support the wider Wearside and South Tyneside areas with a more reliable and resilient water supply for many years to come. The reservoir would strengthen and future-proof the company’s existing network in the area, providing storage for around 50,000 properties in South Tyneside. In addition the new reservoir will enable us to provide improved resilience to the water networks to the east of Springwell Village, benefiting a further 200,000 properties in South Tyneside and Wearside.

Update by Anya Lowes

Afternoon everyone,

I wanted to let you know ahead of the weekend what work we have planned for next week in case that affects you directly.

The health and safety of our teams, customers and communities is our top priority and we need to close Springwell Road - affecting the section between B1288 and Mount Lane only  from Monday 22 July for up to 4 weeks. This is so we can lay the new 1000mm reservoir outlet pipe through the road.

We’ll do everything we can to get the pipelaying work done so the road can be re-opened more quickly. This includes increasing our daily working hours, working 8am to 8pm on weekdays and 8am to 5pm on a weekend. This should help speed up the work so Springwell Road can reopen as quickly as possible.

Please see our diversion plan here - Springwell Road.

At the reservoir site, we will be continuing with large excavation work around the north-west corner of the reservoir over the next four weeks. During the first three days of the road closure, we will be managing access for the excavation work to construction traffic only.

Over at Eighton banks the footpath remains closed but we are waiting for approval from Gateshead Council for it to be reopened. I hope to be able to share with you the reopening date soon as listening to the feedback we’ve received; I know that’s important to members of the community. 

For the public footpaths that are open for use, I would ask that you please take extra care when walking by our working areas.

 

I will be in touch again when I have more information to share and, in the meantime, thank you for your continued patience and understanding as we complete these essential improvements.

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