"My colleague has met with the Thames
Water representative and their contractors on site this morning.
The contractors are currently undertaking the
reinstatement of the carriageway between Blackburn Road and Iverson Road and it
is anticipated that this will be completed later today. They will have a
vehicle and driver on site at 5pm and the traffic management will be removed
around 6pm. To ensure the integrity of Camden's highways was retained, my colleague insisted on the reinstating of around 300 square metres of additional
carriageway to be done by Thames Water's contractors (at their expense) as a
result of the burst water main.
In addition he has
checked the traffic management set up and the barriers extend from kerb to kerb
and do include some of the footways on both sides, thus prohibiting vehicles
from accessing these footways, thereby avoiding overrunning by drivers.
The works at the junction with Cleve Road are currently
subjected to 3-way temporary signals and have proven more problematic than
first thought. There is a significant void under the carriageway which will
need to be addressed prior to any reinstatement and William is meeting Thames
again tomorrow morning to discuss the way forward with this. It is likely
however that there may be the need to close West End Lane at this point to
undertake the necessary works, I will of course update you as to the need for
this once the meeting has taken place. Unfortunately the disruption will continue
for a further few days, this will be more clearly determined at tomorrow's
meeting. Please be assured that we are endeavouring to get Thames to complete
the works as soon as possible.
It is clear that there is an underlying problem with the
water mains in West End Lane so I will be having further discussions with the
senior officers within Thames water to discuss how the current situation can be
ameliorated. We cannot tolerate further burst mains on this street as the
impact is significant on our highway network. I will advise you of the outcome
of these discussions once known.
I will update further as more information becomes clear,
however if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
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