Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor (Phase 3)

Good Afternoon,

We have now completed all trial holes along Hanover Place and as of yesterday, commenced work to Farringdon Row.

The information collected from the trial holes gets fed into the design for the new pipe, confirming the route. We now have this design for the lower part of Farringdon Row and a road closure has been established to allow for the installation of the 450mm dia. PE (plastic) pipe. The closure stretches from the junction of Beach St/Hanover Place, just outside Timber Supplies and the Kings Arms pub, up to the B & Q delivery entrance. The footpath will remain open for the majority of the works but small local sections will need to be closed periodically to allow for water connections.

Yesterday, we set up the work area using heras fence and began to saw cut the tarmac. Our team also excavated in the cobbled verge outside Timber Supplies for a valve connection and technically, the starting point of the new pipe.

Our works on Deptford Terrace beside the Queen Alexander bridge have experienced a slight delay whilst we await key materials. The new online valve and bypass pipework has been installed and the water main recharged successfully.

Another team has also commenced work at Priestly Crescent, just outside the Tarmac Concrete plant. We have closed the top part of this road, adjacent to Simpson St, to allow for the installation of a new sewage relief manhole. Having set up a small welfare compound, we excavated in the road to locate existing gas pipes that need to be cut and removed through the area of our works. 

The number of work areas is increasing and we will soon be very busy in and around the Deptford and Ayres Quay area. Please be extra vigilant of the traffic management and diversions in place. For more information on the road closures, you can click on the Traffic Information tab at the top of the Portal page.

More from me next week,

Mark