Southern Water install large overland pipe in Old Portsmouth for ‘urgent’ maintenance – causing closure of Pembroke Road
An enormous pipe has been installed in Old Portsmouth as Southern Water carries out ‘urgent’ maintenance.
Southern Water contractors are piecing together the structure – which stretches from near the Pier Road pumping station in Southsea to just outside the Royal Garrison Church where the pipe currently ends – as a temporary anti-flooding measure. The ‘urgent’ repairs follow a pipe bursting near the pumping station in May.
Parts of Pembroke Road and Gordon Road have been closed to facilitate the works, which are scheduled to finish before Victorious Festival.
Hear what local resident have to say about it on the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/-dRRyAkrGnY and the report on BBC local news: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-65959506