Following our regular monthly updates on progress with the landslip works on the A1086 between Blackhall and Horden, we have now received confirmation that stabilisation works are scheduled to begin next month.
The county council has also issued a temporary speed restriction order for the highway either side of the landslip to enable works to be carried out safely.
We have published below the relevant notification and email message in full and we'll keep residents up to date with progress and any further developments:
Further to the update sent on 11th July regarding
the land slip adjacent to the Coast Road to the north of Blackhall I can report
the following progress:
The works have now been awarded and site clearance / site
mobilisation will start week commencing 11th August with the main
works commencing on Monday 1st September. The main works are
expected to take approximately 10 weeks to complete.
I will update you again mid-September as construction
progresses.
A1086 Coast Road, Blackhall to
Horden
Temporary Speed Restriction
Order
The County Council intend to prohibit vehicular from
travelling at a speed in excess of 30 mph along a 1.4 km length of road A1086
between the existing 30/40 mph speed restriction signs adjacent to Shaftesbury
Crescent, Blackhall and Thorntree Gill, Horden and to suspend the County
Council of Durham (Coast Road Horden and Blackhall Colliery) (40mph speed
limit) Order 1982.
The speed restriction is necessary following a land slip and
to enable stabilisation works to be carried out.
The restriction will be effected by means of Notice under
Section 14(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The maximum duration of the closure under
this Notice is 5 days commencing 20 August 2014.
The speed restriction will then be continued in force by an
Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, which will
commence from Monday 25 August 2014 for a period anticipated to be around 12 weeks.