Road works following burst pipe on Chiltern Hill

A representative of Thames Water came to the site on Saturday morning to assess the work.  A Thames Water contractor will come to site on Monday morning to start repairing the sewer.  They were not keen to start work on the sewer before co-ordinating the work with the water company, Veolia — hence the slight delay.  We have now arranged for Veolia to attend as well on Monday morning as well as there is a slight risk that further excavation to repair the sewer could cause more ground movement and further damage to the water main.

However the sewer remains blocked, so Thames Water has arranged for a suction tanker to attend site until 2200 tonight and from 0800 to 2200 tomorrow to pump out the excavation and sewers if required.

Once Thames Water has repaired the sewer, a surfacing contractor will return to reinstate the road.  It is likely that Chiltern Hill will remain blocked until at least Tuesday.

Additionally, after the sewer is repaired and before the road repair is completed the Roads Committee may contact BT and SSE/EDF to request they carry out an inspection their assets, as these also look to have settled.  This would avoid any later need to have a second set of excavations to repair those assets as well.  The gas pipe looks ok at the moment as it is on the other side of the road and there is no movement there at the moment.