New temporary road opens through Jackfield Stabilisation Project
Engineers working on the Jackfield Stabilisation Project today open a new road through the site to traffic.
Residents and visitors have been using a temporary track through the site to access the far end of Jackfield during the past few months but that track will now close.
The road opening today is not the finished version of the new carriageway as more work will be done on it in a few weeks time.
Councillor Richard Overton, Telford & Wrekin Council’s deputy leader and cabinet member for land stability, said: “It is a hugely positive step that the new road will open to traffic some time during the course of Friday.
“What people will see is by no means the finished version of the road but at least it will give a better access to homes and businesses. I would like to thank everyone for their patience while this essential work to stabilise the landslip takes place.”
The Jackfield Stabilisation Project is a two year project to stabilise land movement on the southern bank of the River Severn by inserting reinforced concrete piles into the hillside.
It has a budget of £17.6m including a council contribution of £5.6m. The work is nearly complete and only 70 piles out of 2,300 remain to be installed.
