Friday 28 July 2017

Road-work notifications for August

We have received advance notification of the following road-works scheduled to take place soon in our area.

C22
Rodridge Lane, Station Town
Drainage repairs
2 way lights (9:00am - 5:30pm)
7 August
11 August
Durham County Council
C24
Hurworth Burn Road, Hurworth Burn
New telecom ducts
2 way lights as required
26 July
3 August
British Telecom



A181

Wellfield

Electric cable replacement

2 way lights (9:30am - 3:30pm), manual control as required

7 August

11 August

Northern Powergrid

 

Tuesday 25 July 2017

Hesleden pit heap: Work activity schedule, July to September 2017

Last week we received information from the site manager responsible for ongoing works to remove spoil from the pit heap at Hesleden. Included are details of the programmed work activity.

All comments, complaints and queries relating to this matter should be directed to:

paul.davies@md2.org.uk or 07796 446 362

Hesleden Restoration Scheme
Provisional Works Programme
Issued 18 July 2017  - V1
B & S Recycling Ltd.,

The provisional programme below forms part of the Community Consultation process for the site to inform the Hesleden Community of known activities in advance. The programme will be updated and reissued as and when work activities are known.

Please note the programme is subject to change and based on current site knowledge and will also be dependent on weather conditions. 

The site has 24 hour security and is monitored by CCTV linked to a central system.

 


Week Commencing

Programmed Work Activity

17th July 2017

Site compound Set up, Perimeter fencing, Construction of screening bund.

24th July 2017

Site compound Set up, Perimeter fencing, Construction of screening bund, some offsite disposal of material.

31st July 2017

Site compound Set up, Perimeter fencing, Construction of screening bund, some offsite disposal of material

7th August 2017

Construction of access ramp to lagoons, some offsite disposal of material

14thAugust 2017

Construction of access ramp to lagoons, some offsite disposal of material

21st August 2017

Construction of access ramp to lagoons, some offsite disposal of material

28thAugust 2017

Construction of lagoons, some offsite disposal of material, some additional tree felling, construction of protection bund along Hesleden Dene

4th September

Construction of lagoons, some offsite disposal of material, some additional tree felling, construction of protection bund along Hesleden Dene

11th September

Construction of lagoons, some offsite disposal of material, some additional tree felling, construction of protection bund along Hesleden Dene

 


Thursday 13 July 2017

Minor changes to the Blackhall bin collection round for Friday 14 July

We have been notified by the council of minor changes to the Blackhall bin collection round for tomorrow, Friday 14 July. These changes have been implemented to accommodate the road closures associated with Bradley's funeral:


Bin Collections
Our crews are starting work earlier on Friday morning (6am) to try and get collections done swiftly before the road closure impacts. Blackhall residents are advised to put bins out for collection by either 6pm Thursday night or 6am Friday morning for collection. We will be back on Saturday if there are any areas we missed.

Tuesday 11 July 2017

Temporary traffic arrangements in Blackhall for Bradley's funeral

We have received the following information from the traffic network management section at county hall relating to a request from Durham police for stopping-up orders to limit traffic through Blackhall on Friday morning. Contact details for queries are shown at the bottom of this post:


I have been asked by Durham Constabulary to process a temporary traffic order in association with the proposed funeral for Bradley Lowery in Blackhall Colliery this Friday.


Temporary road closures will be sanctioned between 0900 and 1900 hrs as attached plan and as detailed below
NO VEHICLES OTHER THAN THE FUNERAL CORTEGE AND BLUE LIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE PERMITTED THROUGH THE ROAD CLOSURES.
 
ROAD CLOSURES
 
PHASE ONE
From 1030 hours the A1086 Coast Road and B1281 Hesleden Road will be closed to ALL vehicles as highlighted red on the attached plan.
 
At the same time an additional softer road closure will be introduced shown yellow on the attached plan which will prevent vehicles entering northbound beyond Mickle Hill Road junction toward the main closure highlighted red, but allow some residents out from the southern end of the closure. This also allows traffic the option of leaving the area via Hesleden.
 
PHASE TWO
At a time to be determined on the day following the cortège arriving at the Church and the majority of spectators lining the route dispersing from that section of road the length of road closure on the A1086 road shown in red will be reduced to south east of Hesleden Road. The soft closure shown yellow will remain.
This will allow the use of unclassified Hesleden Road to the north be used as an alternative route toward the A19(T).
 
REMOVAL OF ROAD CLOSURES
The road closures will be lifted at the discretion of the Police Commander subject to:
 
  • safety considerations around the volume of pedestrians in the locality
  • the clearing of the route of any flowers etc. by Durham County Council
     
    It is hoped that this can be removed by 1230 hours.
     
    Temporary Speed Restriction
     
A temporary lower speed limit on B1281 between A1086 and Unc Hesleden Road junction
 
PARKING
 
Dedicated Parking
  • An area of land located at the end of First Street adjacent to Corry Close will be made available for parking.
  • Signs will be placed on the A1086 Coast Road to direct people to this parking area via First Street.
  • Access to this car parking area will only be available until 1030 hours after which the A1086 road will be closed.
  • Egress from the car park will only be achieved when the road closure of the A1086 road is removed.
     
     
    B1281 No Parking
  • In consideration of parking obstruction and road safety no vehicles will be permitted to park on the eastern section of the B1281 road which forms a long sweeping left bend with limited forward visibility.
  • Durham County Council will place wooden stakes into the grassed verge with No Parking Signs attached to dissuade this practice.
  • The locality will be patrolled by the Police.
     
    Regards,
 
Steven Galloway
Durham County Council
TTRO Officer
Regeneration and Local Services
Network Management Room 4/60-61
County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UQ
Tel. no. 03000 267095