South East Water announces it is close to finishing its project to replace about 6.5 kilometres of the new water main. To date, they say, around six kilometres of the new pipeline has been laid and 250 customer supply pipes connected to the new main.
In agreement with East Sussex Highways, the remaining sections of the work must be completed under full road closures for safety. These will be on Old Heathfield Road and the B2096 (Battle Road) from the junction with Blackdown Lane to Three Cups Corner at the junction with Middle Lane.
To minimise the impact to the community, works will take place during school summer holidays. This means there will be a short pause between completing current sections and starting at the places named here.
All traffic management along Battle Road will be removed by the middle of this month with the compound cleared by the end of April.
Teams will return to both Old Heathfield Road and Three Cups Corner on Wednesday, July 23 with work expected to take about six weeks. As well a working under these closures South East Water will also work along Battle Road with temporary traffic lights and return to Hugletts Lane to complete the remaining elements and remove all connections to the old main.
The company says customers may need to turn their water off for a short time while new pipes are connected to the existing network. Diversion routes can be seen at: southeastwater.co.uk/punnetstown along with latest project updates and information.
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Susan King
Senior Reporter
Sussex Express
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