Arriving home this evening I was suprised to find that Stert Street was closed to traffic. The road has been seeping water for a couple of months, and work has started to fix it.
A sign says work to be completed on 23rd January. Until then the road will be closed overnight, and open during the day.
The road closure caused chaos during the daytime today.
I wonder why there was such a sudden need to take action in the middle of the day, when it has been like that for weeks.
The northern end of Stert Street, from the junction with Stratton Way to Broad Street, was closed overnight because of a partially collapsed manhole cover that needed replacing.
Meanwhile there is a lot of water at the southern end of Stert Street from a leaking water main.
The other roadworks, the Culvert exploratory work, is nearly complete, and the contractors are just repairing the holes.
Investigation work to the Stert Culvert started on 26th November and will continue for about 2 weeks, in preparation for the main construction work planned for February / March 2015.
The investigation appears to involve holes being dug under the pavement area to make sure the culvert can be strengthened and the barriers removed.
Thursday night in Abingdon Town Centre and at the first anniversary of the re-opening of The Crown and Thistle a band were playing in the barn.
Further down Bridge Street at the Broad Face jazz players were performing.
Elsewhere less musical works were in progress …
Below High Street a ‘deep excavation’ has been dug by Cappagh Browne working on behalf of Lanes Group plc. for Thames Water “to improve your sewerage network.”
A lot of new scaffolding has recently been erected on the High Street.
And outside residences, the smaller, black, ‘non-recylable’ wheelie bins are waiting for their contents to be taken away and dumped in landfill or burned at the new Incinerator at Ardley in North Oxfordshire.