A PROGRAMME to replace water pipes in and around the Twyford area has started today (Monday).
Over the next six months Thames Water will be spending £3.5m replacing water pipes in Berkshire villages in a bid to prevent future burst water pipes and reduce leaks.
Work has begun today on the Waltham Road B3018 and School Road in Hurst, taking place from its junction with Hinton Road, down to the junction with Hungerford Lane and then into Hungerford Lane as far as West End Road.
Traffic lights will be in place in both locations while the water company works its way along, with this first phase of work expected to be finished by December 21.
Later this year and into spring 2017 the water company plans to replace pipes in more areas around Twyford. Engineers are still planning how best to carry out the work so dates cannot yet be confirmed, but residents in affected streets will receive a letter ahead of the works starting.
Roads receiving new water pipes are expected to be:
- Wards Cross, Hurst
- Hungerford Lane
- Waltham Road B3024 (from Castle End Road towards Waltham St Lawrence)
- Hurst Road (from its junction with Broad Hinton moving along Broadwater Lane)
- Whistley Green: Broadwater Lane /Lodge Road
Jon Wickens, the Thames Water project manager for the pipe scheme, said: “Replacing old water pipes is an essential job. If we don’t do it, then there’s a greater risk of leaky pipes and bursts, both of which could ultimately mean customers without water and travel delays because of emergency repairs.
“We’re sorry for any inconvenience our work will cause, but we will be working as fast as we can to get those old, leaky pipes, replaced with new, tough, plastic ones.”
