Latest Updates

From Surrey County Council:

 

Dear Residents and Business Owners,  

As we continue to deal with the collapse on Godstone High Street, we would like to provide the latest monthly update on how works are progressing on site. 

Programme of Works 

Our highways team is continuing to tackle the large, underground tunnel network. So far, over 600 tonnes of grout has been injected at depths of 8-10m below ground level to fill and stabilise the mine workings and ground affected by the collapse. 

 

This is a challenging and time-consuming operation as the majority of the treatment takes place three storeys below ground level, without immediate visibility of progress and results. To manage this, a “Plan-Do-Review” approach is employed where we analyse the results of measurements taken during each treatment phase to determine the next. In some areas, this has required three treatments to achieve sufficient stability, hence why it can take some time. 

 

We know our process is working, so these stabilisation works will continue over the coming weeks.

 

Our current expectation is still that the road will be re-opened in the Spring, despite the increased works required to deal with the larger tunnel network that have been identified as our works progressed. Our focus remains on making the area safe and reopening the road as quickly as possible.

 

Update from SES

We continue to work closely with Surrey County Council and once their ground stabilisation work is complete, our teams will work as quickly as they can to fix the pipes that were affected by the road collapse. We have three pipes in Godstone High Street, a 12”, an 8” and a 16”. Our 12” and 8” pipes fell into the collapse and our 16” was damaged but did not collapse. To restore full resilience to residents in our Godstone and surrounding area, we are:

 

• Replacing the broken section of 8” pipe

• Inserting a new pipe inside our 16” pipe 

• Leaving our 12” pipe in place by installing some additional connections.

 

We have been on site since November – and the initial plan involved Surrey County Council reopening the road by the end of December. Unfortunately, this could not be achieved due to additional voids found in the area that needed treatment by Surrey Highways. We have used the additional time to develop our project further to reduce disruption once we can restart work.

 

We all want the road to reopen at the earliest opportunity – we will continue to work closely with Surrey County Council and appreciate everything they have done to assist with our work to date.

 

More information

As always, please do drop in and speak to the team on site if you have any queries. 

 

Thank you for your continued patience while we make the area safe, we will be in touch again in February.