Its been a while since the last post, but there's some good news to report - work is now underway to complete the last stages of the repairs to the Rocky Beach overflow pipeline. South West Water's contractors, Kier Services, are partway through a 9-week long project to make good the concrete casing that protects the pipeline from rough seas.
You may recall that last June, following the enormous response to the Environment Agency's Public Consultation, South West Water withdrew its application to shorten the overflow pipeline that runs across Rocky Beach from the pumping station in the car park.
After the repairs to the iron pipe had been carried out, work still needed to be done to replace the concrete that encases the pipeline, in order to protect it from damage in rough seas. South West Water applied to the Marine Management Organisation for the necessary licence to undertake the work on the beach, and this was granted in October 2015. Originally scheduled for completion by the end of 2015, the project was delayed somewhat, but is now due to be completed before Easter.
The Kier construction team were down there today (image above), hard at work applying a quick-setting mix, which they told me sets hard enough to walk on in minutes. In the photo below the man on the left is applying the stuff through a high-pressure pipe that runs back to a mixing plant on the footpath. All being well and good the main objective, of protecting the encased pipeline, will be achieved.
No comments:
Post a Comment