Project Update 03/02/2026
From "Gallows Corner"
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Hi everyone,
We wanted to bring you up to date on our water main diversion at Gallows Corner.
At the weekend, we completed the tunnelling work to install the penultimate stretch of pipes, and the final stretch, which is being installed using the more traditional “trench” method, is nearing completion.
Work continues towards carrying out the connections, bringing these new stretches of pipes together with each other and with the existing main into which they connect. The pipeline will then undergo a period of commissioning and testing, ready to be put into use.
We also wanted to provide some assurance for customers in the Heath Drive area, where we understand there to be some concerns regarding traffic movement. While we are talking either directly or via Costain to those customers who have raised the matter, we wanted to assure people that we continue to remind all drivers in our supply chain to remain within the 20mph speed limit. While there will be small pockets of time when there will be some increase in vehicular movements, overall you should see a gradual decrease is in vehicles from our work as we move towards completion.
We continue to work closely with TFL and our onsite partners – as we have throughout this project - to finish the work according to the revised schedule and we are appreciative of customers’ and motorists’ patience while the work continues.