Repair work starts on Water Lane retaining wall
Work to repair the riverside wall which supports Water Lane alongside the River Severn in Shrewsbury is due to start today.
A section of Water Lane was closed in May last year after part of the riverside wall collapsed following flood damage.
The proposed repair will involve installing a new sheet pile wall in front of a length of approximately 30 metres of the old riverside wall. Ground anchors will then be installed to help support the new wall before its top is encased in structural concrete.
Work will include carrying out masonry repairs to the rest of the wall.
The work will be carried out by Jones Brothers Civil Engineering of Ruthin, who will be supervised by the council’s term contract consultant Mouchel.
It is estimated that the work will cost approximately £250,000 and is expected to last for a period of about 10 weeks.
Claire Wild, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for highways and transport, said:
"It is appreciated that the continued closure of this part of Water Lane is causing some inconvenience, and all involved in the repair will do all that they reasonably can to complete the work as soon as possible.”
