Jiggers Bank to re-open on Monday
Jiggers Bank, one of the main routes into Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge, closed since November 2012 after a rock fall following wet and cold weather will be formally re-opened on Monday.
Following extensive land stabilisation works since the closure, Telford & Wrekin Council has carried out emergency safety works to stabilise the rockface.
The work has included regrading the rockface, earthworks, treatment of mine workings and coal seams, drainage and installing a catch fence, netting and anchors before landscaping the site. Despite encountering some complex and adverse geological features within the rock face, the works are now complete.
The re-opening of the Bank will be attended by the McPhillips contractors, the Council’s geotechnical engineers who have been working at the site, the local ward member, Councillor David Davies and Councillor Richard Overton, Telford & Wrekin’s cabinet member with responsibility for land stability in the Ironbridge Gorge. The Homes & Communities Agency (HCA), who own the land, will also be represented.
Councillor Overton, said: “We are keen to ensure that members of the public are fully aware of the scale and complexity of the works which have been undertaken and of the efforts that have been made to re-open the road as quickly as possible.
“The teams working on the project are to be congratulated on their efforts to ensure a lasting solution.”
Councillor David Davies said: “The re-opening of Jiggers Bank will be welcomed by the local community as it will allow quicker access into Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge.
“The local residents have been patient throughout the work to Jiggers Bank and I want to thank them for this.”
Telford & Wrekin Council will celebrate the re-opening of Jiggers Bank with a ribbon cutting event on Monday 15 July at 8.30am.
