Hi all,

I hope you’re well.

I wanted to provide an update on the works to Valley Gardens and Cutlers Hall Road. Please accept our apologies for the delays, when we returned from the Christmas Break.

The Team began excavating Cutlers Hall Road and it was discovered that the road makeup is a makeup of 6 different hard road layers, including tarmac, concrete and cobbles. This meant that excavating would take longer than expected.

A service provider was within the vicinity completing emergency works which resulted in a delay in our re-mobilisation as well as this, the Winter weather conditions meant that it was not safe for our Team to work, and we unfortunately lost a full week due to this.

When the Team started excavating for the second drain run, they discovered that the hard road makeup had continued throughout the excavation, including the area around a potential service. As part of our safe system of works, we cannot mechanically dig within 500mm of a known/potential service and therefore, again our work was put on hold until a new method to excavate was agreed. When the new method was devised and approved, we were able to continue with the works but required extra time to excavate around the potential service, to assure our operatives are safe while doing so.

We will now commence with the works and move into the entrance of Valley Gardens on Wednesday 05 February 2025, for a period of 2 weeks.

Phase 3 will then commence on Wednesday 19th February 2025 which is later than previously anticipated.

Once the Traffic Management has been installed, there will be no access for vehicles in the working area, however pedestrian access will remain open. To be clear we will be working at the bottom of Valley Gardens in two sections throughout the duration of the 8 weeks - this is to help minimize disruption as much as we can whilst we conduct our work. The Project will be complete on Friday 04th April 2025.

Thank you for your continued patience and cooperation. If you have any questions that you'd like to as us 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.

Take care and speak soon,

Bethany

Good morning all,

I hope you’re well and settling into 2025.

Further to my previous update, you may have noticed the little visible work progressing, so I wanted to keep you in the loop as to why this is the case.

We are currently investigating an unknown service. To allow us to progress with this work, we must ensure that we have a safe means of excavating the area whilst ensuring that we do not cause any disruption to any other utilities or services.

Once I have some further updates to share, I will of course update the Community Portal. However, if you have any concerns or questions in the meantime, regarding the work 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

Good morning all,

Happy New Year - I hope you are well.

Although you may have already noticed, the Site is currently closed due to the recent snow. We will be monitoring the Site daily with hopes to re-open as soon as we can, ensuring this is safe for our staff and all residents in the affected areas.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask by adding a comment in the box below and a member of the Project Team will respond accordingly.

Take care and stay safe!

Bethany

Good afternoon all,

I hope you’re well.

I wanted to add a final update for the year so that you are aware of some recent progress that has been made by the Site Team. On Cutlers Hall Road we have tied into the existing manhole, installed the first line of drainage to MH03. Built MH03 on top of the existing sewer to allow us to divert flows when required. We are currently reinstating the road so Traffic Management can be removed over Christmas.

In the event that you require some assistance in our absence during the Christmas Break, please contact 0345 7171100.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2025.

Take care,

Bethany

Good morning all,

Happy Monday, I hope you had a great weekend.

I wanted to add a little reminder that we will begin the Site Compound Mobilisation on Monday 11^th November before the Site Traffic Management is added to Cutlers Hall Road where we will begin the first phase of the works before moving to Valley Gardens in January 2025.

If you have any questions you’d like to ask 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,

Bethany

Hi all, I hope you're well.

Following the previous updates, I am delighted to let you know that we have a date for the works to commence.

We will be starting works on 11 November 2024 for approximately 4 months.  Works will be starting with the creation of the site compound which will be located in the Church Hall car park on Valley Gardens. 

Following this we will begin to install traffic management on Cutlers Hall Road on 18 November 2024 until we move to Valley Gardens in January 2025.

During the work on Valley Gardens there will be no access for vehicles in the working area, however pedestrian access will remain open.  However, to be clear we will be working at the bottom of Valley Gardens in 2 sections throughout the duration of the 4-week period which will end on 28 February 2025.  This is to help minimise disruption as much as possible. 

As with all construction projects, unexpected delays can sometimes occur.  Please be assured that we’re working closely with our partners to do all we can to minimise any disruption for you and your community throughout the work.  Typical working hours will be between 8.00am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday.

If you have any questions regarding the above or any general queries, please don't hesitate to add a comment in the box below and a member of the Project Team will respond.

Thank you,

Bethany

Good afternoon and happy Monday!

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Following my last update, I wanted to provide some information that I think will be beneficial to you once we commence with the works.

Bin Collection

If you can kindly leave your bins out, as you would normally, our Site Team will take them to the available collection point. In the unfortunate event that a bin collection is missed, please don’t worry, our Site Team will ensure your bin is emptied in our onsite skip.

Traffic Management

As you are aware, during the time of the works, we will have road closures and Traffic Management in place. Outside of working hours and weekends and the unlikely possibility of any issues occurring, there will be information readily available to you on the fencing to the works, for the Traffic Management Company.

General Queries

Should you have any questions or general queries, the Team will be onsite and would be happy to answer any of those questions you have. Alternatively, you can add a comment on the portal page below one of our updates and a member of the Project Team will respond as soon as possible.

At present, we are unable to provide you with an exact start date however we are working hard to ensure that this can be achieved as soon as possible.

Take care and have a great week!

Bethany

Good morning everyone,

I hope you are having a great week so far and looking forward to a long weekend!

I'd like to update you on some recent good news - we have now received the required confirmation of funding for our flood risk reduction work at Valley Gardens.

This is a huge factor which will now allow us to formalise a programme of work and once we have the relevent information, we endevour to write to customers in the area to keep them informed and up to speed with where we are.

Thank you to those who came to our first Customer Event at Valley Gardens, it was a great opportunity to hear from you and answer any questions or concerns you had.

I'd also like to thank you for your patience with myself and the rest of the Project Team and as always, if you do have any further questions or concerns, pop a comment in the box below and a member of the Project Team will respond as soon as possible.

Take care,

Bethany

Good afternoon,

I hope you're having a great week so far.

Following our recent update on the portal, I am pleased to inform you that we arranged a Customer Event which will take place on Wednesday 7th August at Blackhill Baptist Church.

Various members of the Project Team will be at the event to answer any questions you may have regarding the works.

We hope to see you there!

Thank you,

Bethany

Good morning,

I hope you are well.

Further to Mike’s update earlier this week, I wanted to provide a further update on the investigation works that we intend to carry out on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th May.

During this time, we will dig 3 trial holes to carry out some investigations and confirm the appropriate services. Traffic management will be in place, and we endeavour to cause as little disruption as possible whilst the investigations are under way. Once the small excavations have been carried out, we will of course reinstate these areas.

Thank you,