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Thames Water have written again stating the works are being delayed and will now commence on Monday 26th April for (12) twelve weeks.




Thames Water begin water mains renewal works on Forest Hill Road for (12) twelve weeks, starting 12th April, this coming Monday.


The Transport for London website states;


"FOREST HILL ROAD, SE23: Due to roadworks, from 19:00 on 9 April to 19:00 on 7 May, Route 63 buses will be starting and terminating at Peckham Rye."


Am assuming that the 363 will divert Lordship Lane, Barry Road, Peckham Rye both ways as was previously the case when TW repaired the burst on Forest Hill Road earlier in the year and subsequently when they worked on Woodvale.


Currently no disruptions reported on the TfL website for the 363, so it may be running??


Effectively from Forest Hill Road, those that rely on public transport are isolated. No prior warning or consultation with local residents who will be affected by these works by TW. I would further suggest traffic will become significantly worse with motorists seeking alternative routes to avoid Forest Hill Road. It will be of great inconvenience for those wanting to get to Peckham or further North, or for any appointments at Kings College Hospital, particularly as we are still within the pandemic.


The named contact on the letter for any questions is [email protected]

Thanks for this. This is a continuation of the water main replacement works along Underhill, Melford and Wood Vale that have been going on for the last 6 months. Hadn?t realised they were going down FHR. To be fair, the Thames Water team have been pretty good at keeping traffic and pavements as free flowing as possible and were really good about keeping residents informed about water outages and traffic closures so hopefully that continues. But appreciate the heads up re the 63.


Marginally less impressed that the last phase of Thames Water works managed to crack our local gas pipe/main on Underhill/Melford so that now needs to be replaced (another 6-8 weeks of roadworks) but hopefully that lesson has been learned!

The letter states;


"our work on Forest Hill Road will start at the junction of Woodvale. We will then be working on Forest Hill Road in 100 meter sections to the junction of Mundania Road.


To complete our works, we'll have lane closures in place on Forest Hill Road supported by 2 way traffic lights.


A 3 way traffic light system will be in place on Forest Hill Road when our works are at the junctions of Marmora Road, Therapia Road and Mundania Road."



+Ve - The TfL website still shows NO diversion for the 363, (thankfully) and still running along Forest Hill Road.

It'll be chaotic.

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