Good Afternoon all,

Quick update before we break up for Christmas.

We have been keeping you up to date with our plans to reduce the risk of flooding and improve the performance of the sewers within the vicinity of Northumbrian Water’s Bates Sewage Pumping Station, located near Crawford Street.

The proposal has now been approved by Northumberland County Council for planning approval, with associated planning conditions, which we are required to reply to before construction works start on site.

Whilst planning was still under consultation, you may have seen we have been carrying out some site clearance and investigation work. The site has now closed down for Christmas leave and we will return in the New Year to do 2 trial holes on Crawford Street which are schedule to take place between 4^th- 13^th January.

At this stage we don’t have a firm date of when the main construction dates will start. Once we do we will send a further update.

On behalf of the Project Team, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

Thanks

Sarah

Good afternoon,

Following on from Chris's update last week I would like to introduce the team who will be working on site next week in the run up to Christmas.

Our team comprises of Damien our Contract Manager, Matthew our Site Agent and Dave our Engineer and then there's me Sarah the Customer Liaison Officer. I’ll be keeping you up today whilst we are on site.

Over the next few weeks, we are carrying out a site clearance to the piece of land near Bates Ave pumping station. You can expect to see an increase in traffic exporting the waste materials.

We also have some trail holes to do on Crawford Rd which will involve traffic management, I don't have the exact date as yet but will update you as soon as I do.

In the meantime if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us by commenting below or calling Northumbrian water on 0345 7171100.

Sarah

Good afternoon,

We wanted to share further details of our proposals with you as we prepare to start works to reduce the risk of flooding and improve the performance of the sewers within the vicinity of Northumbrian Water’s Bates Sewage Pumping Station, located near Crawford Street, which is highlighted on the attached plan.

As previously communicated, our proposed works comprise of new sewers along Crawford street and construction of a new building in open space adjacent to Crawford Street, which will house mechanical equipment to help deal with flows in heavy rainfall.

The proposal was submitted to Northumberland County Council for consideration for planning approval and this planning application is currently still under consultation with Northumberland County Council.

Whilst this is still under consultation, we wanted to share with you that we propose to undertake site investigation works on site of the proposed new building, starting Monday 21 November. This work will include ground clearance taking place on site.

Hi everyone, I hope you are all having a great summer.

Further to previous updates and letters, we wanted to share further details of our proposals with you to understand your views about this work and how we can minimise any disruption you and your community may experience once the work is underway.

As a reminder, the proposal is to reduce the risk of flooding and improve the performance of the sewers within the vicinity of Northumbrian Water’s Bates Sewage Pumping Station, located near Crawford Street, which is highlighted on the attached plan.

Our proposed works comprise of new sewers along Crawford street and construction of a new building in open space adjacent to Crawford Street, which will house mechanical equipment to help deal with flows in heavy rainfall.

As previously communicated, the proposal was submitted to Northumberland County Council for consideration for planning approval. This planning application is currently still under consultation with Northumberland County Council. 

Whilst this is still under consultation, we wanted to share with you that should planning permission be granted, then the proposed to start of the works is October 2022 and will take around 10 months to complete.

We will provide further details in the coming months

Hi, I hope everyone is doing well. I just wanted to provide a small update on the progress of the proposed solution which will help reduce the risk of sewer flooding to the area. Our partners, Mott MacDonald Bentley have been working hard to finalise the design of the proposed solution, in readiness to submit it to Northumberland County Council for planning permission. I hope we will be in a position by the end of February when we can arrange to provide and discuss further detailed information on the proposals. In the meantime, please take care and if you have any questions you would like to ask us, please feel free to leave a comment below and we will get back to you. Alternatively, you can contact the Northumbrian Water customer contact centre on 0345 717 1100 and request a call back from a member of the project team.

Hello,

It was lovely to meet some of you on Tuesday when Chris Bond (NWL Project Manager), Mark Robinson (MMB Project Lead) and I came and visited the area to discuss our upcoming work. We would like to thank you for taking the time to speak to us. We didn't get to speak to everyone however, we will hopefully get to meet more of you in the next couple of months. 

I have included a letter here which will be sent out to properties surrounding the working area. This is to help us understand your views about the work and how we can minimise any disruption you and your community may experience once the work is underway.

If in the meantime you have any questions you would like to ask us, please feel free to leave a comment below and we will get back to you. Alternativley, you can contact the Northumbrian Water customer contact centre on 0345 717 1100 and request a call back from a member of the project team.

We look forward to speaking with you soon.

Thanks,

Gaby

Good Afternoon,

I hope you have all had a good weekend?

We wanted to keep you updated, and let you know that the completion of the bore hole investigations we are currently carrying out in the area have been delayed slightly. We aim to complete the investigation works by the end of the week.

We would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, however should you have any questions you wish to discuss with us please feel free to leave a comment below. We are always happy to help.

Thank you for your patience.

Gaby

Hello,

Following on from Chris's previous update, I thought I would pop on and introduce myself and let you know what to expect over the next couple of weeks.

My name is Gaby Ward, I am the Customer Liaison Officer for MMB working along side Northumbrian Water's Customer Care Manager, Dave Mortemore. We will be conducting the engagement with our customers and posting regular updates on here.

Starting on Monday 8th November 2021 we will be carrying out some investigatory bore holes in the area. The investigation work will take place around our existing sewerage pumping station, adjacent to Crawford Street in Blyth and could take up to two weeks to complete. 

Letters have been delivered to properties adjacent to this area. Please find the letter here which has more information on the work, and includes a plan of the bore hole locations.

In the mean time, please feel free to ask us any questions you may have by leaving a comment below. You can also get in touch via the "contact" link at the top of the page.

Thank you in advance for your patience.

Kind Regards,

Gaby

Since our previous updates back in February, we have been working to develop the solution to minimise the risk of flooding in the area. These works have taken longer than anticipated due to the complexities of the sewer network, however we hope to be able to share updated plans of the proposed works soon. At that time, we’d really like to hear your views on this essential work and how we can work with you to minimise any disruption you and your community may experience.

Good morning,

Following on from Chris’s update, I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce myself.

I am Sarah Jayne Parvin, Customer Liaison Officer for J N Bentley, and I will take care of all customer enquiries during the project. You will notice I will be blogging on here keeping you up to date with our progress throughout.

We aren’t starting the project until later in the year. Still, we do have some investigation work planned to begin on the 8th February for 10 working days to help us identify underground services in the area. This will consist of five trial pits along Bates Avenue (Crawford Street) within the footpaths and highway. The two situated in the highway, the first one will be approximately outside of 19-21 Bates Avenue and the other to the side of Sheehan Court. I have added below a google map with the approximate locations. The Red ones represent in the highway and blue in the footpath or private land.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask by adding a comment below, or use the ‘contact us’ at the top of the page to email the project team.

Thanks

Sarah