• Old metal main to be replaced with modern plastic pipe
• Work will take 20 weeks to complete
• New mains designed to last at least 80 years once in the ground
National Grid engineers start work on Monday 11 July on a 20 week project to replace just over 1km of medium pressure gas pipe in the Poolstock Lane area of Wigan.
The project will see metal gas mains which are nearing the end of their useful life replaced with modern hard-wearing plastic pipes.
The work will be carried out from the junction opposite Worsley Mesnes Drive along Poolstock Lane/Poolstock to the junction of Corporation Street.
Throughout there will be in operation rolling temporary traffic lights on Poolstock Lane/Poolstock from the junction of Worsley Mesnes Drive to the junction with Corporation Street. Parking restrictions will be strictly enforced within area controlled by temporary traffic lights.
There will be road closures at Holborn Avenue, Grange Avenue, Morton Avenue and Corporation Street. These will be staggered so that access onto Poolstock Lane is maintained at all times.
The work will not affect gas supplies to homes and businesses in the area.
Stephen Murray, Head of Contract for National Grid said: “We hope that people will be patient with us during our work. We’ll be doing all we can to speed up the job, including putting the new plastic pipe inside the old metal one where we can, to reduce the number of holes in the road we have to dig. We know that it will cause delays for motorists travelling through this part of town but we would ask them to bear with us.
“There will be disruption in the short-term, but the long-term benefit will be a safe and reliable gas supply for the people of Wigan for generations to come.”
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