Forthcoming emergency road closure in Stambourne – Summer 2023: after reporting the water leak along Cornish Hall End Road to Anglian Water and Essex Highways along Cornish Hall End Road many times, Anglian Water have (finally) confirmed that the constant water leak of 2+ years is due to a leak in one of their pipes, possibly the high-pressure main that goes to Hedingham. During that time, they have repeatedly maintained that it was not their water, but now have finally conceded that it is, after putting monitoring equipment on the hill between The Lilacs and Great Nortons. Therefore, there will be an emergency road closure along Cornish Hall End Road within the next week or so whilst they repair the pipe. They don’t know at this stage how much damage is underneath the road surface or how long the repair will take.
Forthcoming emergency road closure
After reporting the water leak along Cornish Hall End Road to Anglian Water and Essex Highways many times, Anglian Water have (finally) confirmed that the constant water leak of 2+ years is due to a leak in one of their pipes, possibly the high-pressure main that goes to Hedingham.
During that time, Anglian Water had repeatedly maintained that the water which had been constantly seeping through the road surface was not theirs, but now they have finally conceded that it is, after putting monitoring equipment on the hill between The Lilacs and Great Nortons.
Therefore, there will be an emergency road closure along Cornish Hall End Road within the next week or so whilst they repair the pipe.
Further updates will be posted on this page. Stay tuned!
Updates
06.07.23:
Work complete and road open.
04.07.23:
Work is starting, and hopefully completing, today.
01.07.23:
Despite Anglian Water advising they would fix the issue on 29th June, the work did not take place. No further updates have been received from Anglian Waters so far.
28.06.23:
Anglian Water are aiming to have the issue fixed by end of day on Thursday, 29th June 2023.
27.06.23:
Anglian Water don’t know at this stage how much damage is underneath the road surface or how long the repair will take.
Summer 2023: emergency road closure in Stambourne due to a water leak along Cornish Hall End Road. After 2+ years of dealings with Anglian…
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