Busy road in Alcester re-opened
Severn Trent has been able to re-open one lane along the Stratford Road in Alcester, much to the joy of local residents and businesses.
Severn Trent has been able to give direct access to Alcester again by re-opening one lane along the Stratford Road in the town, much to the joy of local residents and businesses.
Oversley Green residents and shop owners were pleased to see that a lane has been opened to through traffic under a priority give and take system. Severn Trent had announced last week that the road would remain fully closed until this Friday (17th) but were able to open one lane late on Friday 10th.
Work began in September on the £2.7 million investment project to upgrade the sewerage system in Alcester. There were road closures in the town and the company, along with contractors Morgan Sindall, worked hard with the people of Alcester to make it as easy as possible.
The Stratford Road work is planned to be completed by Friday 24th. Sewer improvements in the town are ongoing and are planned to be completed by the end of March. Construction of the necessary storm water storage tank, which is being built on land adjacent to the Company’s existing sewage pumping station, is progressing well.
The restrictions on Stratford Road were temporarily removed during the Christmas period and Severn Trent worked with the gas company and BT to ensure that the period required for the road closure was kept to a minimum. Severn Trent also sponsored the annual St Nicholas Night festival in December to thank the town for their part in making the work go smoothly.
Simon Gosling, project manager for Severn Trent, said: “The work is being carried out in order to ensure that our sewers are better able to cope with heavy rainfall and will result in a reduced risk of flooding.
“Alcester is a busy market town and we did all we could to keep disruption to a minimum. The residents in Alcester appreciated that the work needed to be done and have been very accommodating.”
Dave Sidaway, Morgan Sindall project manager, said: “We wanted to take an opportunity to say thank you to the people of Alcester. We have been doing a lot of work in the area over the last few months and we really appreciate the people of Alcester working with us as they have been.”