Works have now been completed by Thames Water and Veolia and Chiltern Hill has been reopened.
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Peter Whitehead Riley 1932
Bugatti Type 55 BOC Hill Climb Start
Bugatti Type 37 on Chalfont Hill Climb
Bugatti Type 37 BOC, on 'The Hairpin'
Riley Brooklands 9 BOC 1935
MG Chalfont Hill Climb
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Chiltern Hill to open again
Bob Burge and the team advise that contractors have resurfaced the road which had to be excavated for the sewer repairs at and below the oak tree island. The new tarmac has to be left to harden for about 24 hours.
The road is due to re-open by Sunday evening (Sept 23rd). A tree stump remains at the roadside and will be ground out in the coming days.
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Chiltern Hill – Good News
Bob Burge reported this evening – 18th September
Sewage pipe repairs completed today and Thames Water contractor Cappagh, have finished back-filling the hole. Veolia will return to the site shortly to complete the filling and resurfacing of the road. Further updates to follow once the Veolia schedule is established.
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Chiltern Hill Update – September 14th, 2012
With thanks to Derek Bryan, Bob Burge and Mark Simmons, here’s the latest update as of Friday evening:
Today the Thames Water sub contractor completed the repair to the sewer and then used a TV camera to inspect the inside from lower down the hill. This revealed a further obstruction/misalignment uphill from the present repair. They will now uncover and inspect the sewer for 4.5 m uphill from the present damaged area and repair as necessary. That may be completed over […]
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Chiltern Hill Leak – Latest Update From Bob Burge
A two man team from Thames Water contractors, Cappagh, arrived on site this morning and commenced hand clearing the site in the area of the sewer pipe. Cappagh Contracts supervisor arrived shortly afterwards and was very unhappy with the condition of the site and immediately closed it down on health and safety grounds; both to work crew and general public. He organised grab lorries to clear all current spoil, erection of steel fence sections around the site to protect public, and a […]
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Collapsed Pipe Chiltern Hill – Update
With thanks to Bob Burge and Mark Simmons, the news today is that:
Contractors for Thames Water have exposed the sewage pipe and confirmed that it had collapsed. They advised that the break did not appear to be confined to the immediate area of the inital break but extended back for an as yet undetermined distance, in the direction of the island at the junction of Chiltern Hill with Ellis Avenue.
They did not have the equipment to proceed further during today […]