Weekend work summary for 1 and 2 October:
There will be no impact on the primary Pritchatts Road route while this work takes place. The work will take place between the hours of 08:00 and 17:00 on both days, with no noisy works being undertaken outside of these time periods.
All dates are indicative at present and will be continuously monitored by Equans. We will continue to update you of changes through the weekly comms updates.
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- Western Power Distribution (WPD) will be working on the 1st October to accelerate works in order to alleviate traffic on Somerset Road and Farquhar Road.
- Severn Trent Water (STW) have planned to connect the mains on Pritchatts Road to site services on Pritchatts Village Drive, starting this weekend (1st and 2nd October). This work will take place on Pritchatts Park Village.
As this work would include noise from saw cutting, Equans has requested that STW conducts this on Friday afternoon instead of Saturday morning.
STW will also be conducting excavation works at the bell mouth of Pritchatts Village Drive on Saturday, involving the use of a digger, a dumper to excavate materials and a roller ahead of Sunday’s work. Reinstatement works will then take place on Sunday.
- Tarmacing on Pritchatts Park Village will be undertaken by Central Power; they will be utilising a digger and dumper to remove the top layer of stone and road-plates that are currently installed to enable the tarmacing to be undertaken. Once the tarmacing is in situ they will be utilising a roller to level out/condense the tarmac.
- The one-way system will be closed from the top of Pritchatts Village Drive across both days whilst Severn Trent Water undertake their works at this location with entry via Brailsford Drive. Equans will have traffic marshalls in attendance directing traffic as required.
Other updates:
- Coffee hour – We welcome you to join a coffee morning with teams from utilities companies, Pritchatts Park Village and the University of Birmingham on the 14 October, 11:00 -12:00. Location TBC, we will share further information via letter and email as soon as possible. Utilities companies will be present, so this is an opportunity to discuss recent work with Western Power Distribution (WPD) and Severn Trent Water (STW).
- Equans will be tarmacking the zebra crossing opposite the Equans site down to Ashcroft site on Pritchatts Park Village this weekend (30/09/22).Walkways will be maintained for student access.
- Western Power Distribution (WPD) will now be working on the following dates to accelerate works to alleviate traffic on Somerset Road and Farquhar Road. These dates are:
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- 01/10/2022
- 08/10/2022
- 15/10/2022
- 22/10/2022
- Western Power Distribution (WPD) anticipate reaching the roundabout which joins Somerset Road to Pritchatts Road on the week starting 10/10/2022. They hope to be at the entrance to Pritchatts Village Drive on the week starting 17/10/2022.
- Western Power Distribution’s (WPD) plans to install an HV cable down Brailsford Drive, due to start on the week commencing 03/10/2022, have been delayed. New date TBC. Equans have requested WPD to provide a plan of the work effected by this installation so saw-cutting dates can be coordinated with an on-campus buildings and internal operations.
- Equans have requested traffic management plans from both WPD and MPB for the work on Vincent Drive. Once reviewed, these plans will be communicated to the community.
- Equans have also requested traffic management plans for the Section 278 works starting on 21/11/2022. Once reviewed, these plans will be communicated to the community.
- Severn Trent Water (STW) will be working over next three weekends at the one-way system entrance on the following weeks:
- 01/10/2022 – 02/10/2022
- 08/10/2022 – 09/10/2022
- 15/10/2022 – 16/10/2022
All dates are indicative at present and will be continuously monitored by Equans. We will continue to update you of changes through the weekly comms updates.