Brixton Hill closed until next week – burst water main

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A23 closed by water main burst
One of several holes in the road – this one outside the entrance to Brixton prison

Brixton Hill (the A23) is expected to be closed between Upper Tulse Hill and Brixton Water Lane until early next week because of a burst Thames Water main.

It is causing serious damage to the road as well as flooding in the area.

Thames Water says it is working on the main, but the road is expected to remain closed until early next week.

Local bus routes are on diversion.

Emergency gas works are also taking place on Brixton Hill.

Thames Water was last month fined £8.5 million for failing to meet its target to cut leaks from its mains and is being investigated by the regulator Ofwat for an “unacceptable failure” to control leakages, with 180 litres leaking daily from each property it supplies.

In July 2011 Brixton Hill was also closed by a burst water main and 50,000 local properties lost their water supply for 12 hours.

Research by the University of Greenwich shows water consumers in England pay £2.3bn more a year after privatisation than if water companies had remained publicly owned.

Work to repair another major burst main has been disrupting traffic in the Tulse Hill/West Norwood area for months.

Traffic, including buses, is diverted along the South Circular and other local roads
Traffic, including buses, is diverted along the South Circular and other local roads

 

 

Installing new access chambers at the northern end of the closures
Installing new access chambers at the northern end of the closures

 

The largest hole is outside the entrance to Brixton Prison
The largest hole is outside the entrance to Brixton Prison

 

Large lorry forced to make a U-turn
Large lorry forced to make a U-turn

 

Road sign in English and Welsh
It’s not the end – but it’s a nod to local Welsh speakers

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4 COMMENTS

  1. This water main bursts regularly. It happens nearly every year and is always in the same place. Why don’t they fix it properly instead of just patching it up?

    • Yes, Brixton Hill was certainly peaceful and void of traffic this morning. Instead we are getting all the filthy exhaust fumes and speeding cars on the residential roads between Brixton Hill and Tulse Hill. Plus the volume of traffic and number of buses going up and down Tulse Hill is unbelievable. Thames Water really need to get their act together over this regularly bursting water main. One water main will go on Tulse Hill with all that traffic, buses and lorries thundering down it. The road is not made to take such volume and weight.

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