Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Works scheduled to tackle standing water at Blackhall Co-op

We wrote on this site recently about works carried out so far aimed at tackling persistent problems of standing water in the road at the entrance to the Co-op in Middle Street, Blackhall Colliery (please see post dated Friday 8 April 2016 for background information).



Unfortunately those works were not successful. However, following our latest representations to highways officers at county hall last week, we have now received a response from the highway maintenance department confirming that works to address this problem are scheduled to be carried out within the next two months.

We have reproduced the highways officer's comments below:

The work that was carried out has improved things but its acknowledged that there is some residual ponding.

The road in this area is quite flat with no road gullies in the vicinity of the residual ponding – this limits options.

A length of the road channel in the vicinity of the entrance will be patched and reshaped in order keep this area clear of standing water.

It is anticipated that the work will be done within the next 2 months.


Colin Hodgson (Highways Inspection Maintenance Manager)