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Roadworks and bus diversions

I reproduce below the front page article re roadworks. These works will, I imagine, cause traffic problems and will delay the replacement bus service for the Turnham Green - Ealing Broadway nine day closure starting this weekend.Although the details are to be confirmed I think the following bus diversions will take place:607, 207 and 440 diverted Twford Avenue - Noel Road - Horn Lane.427 - will endeavour to run to/from Acton Market Place but may have to be curtailed to start and finish at Ealing Broadway.E3 diverted via Bollo Lane, Bollo Bridge Road and Acton Lane.266 will be subject to delays in the Horn Lane area. If I r5eceive any more concrete information I will update. A section of Acton High Street will be closed for 5 daysThere will be road closures and diversions next week as Thames Water begin emergency sewer repairs in Acton.The High Street will be closed between Acton Police Station (Steyne Rd) and Gunnersbury Lane with diversions via other local routes clearly signposted. Two-way temporary traffic lights will also be set up on junction of Gunnersbury Lane and the High Street.The road will be closed at 6am on Sunday and work will be carried out 24 hours a day until the sewer pipe has been repaired and the road resurfaced. The job is expected to take five days.Micheal Wells from Thames Water has apologised for the anticipated disruption : '' We know it’s frustrating when journeys are disrupted and we’re sorry for any inconvenience the work may cause, but it is a ‘must-do’ job. When a sewer pipe is broken the sewage doesn’t flow through it and instead backs up into the network of pipes, often into properties through toilets and sinks. It’s a truly miserable experience so we have to do all we can to protect our customers from it. We’ll be working day and night to get the job done and the road reopened as quickly as possible.'

Patrick Green ● 3975d4 Comments

Is it a round concrete tube or an older brick built sewer?

Christopher Bell ● 3972d

Assuming that the sewer repairs are emergency works, this could cause real problems in the Twyford Avenue area for less mobile people and in inclement weather, as it will be difficult to use the Central Line as an alternative to the overcrowded Piccadilly Line without access to the 440.  There was also a rumour that the 207 was not stopping at the Twyford Avenue stop on the Uxbridge Road.

Libby Kemp ● 3973d

I have now the full details of the bus diversions :Contractors on behalf of Thames Water will be carrying out emergency repairs to a collapsed sewer onHigh Street, Acton. This will result in the full closure of High Street, Acton between the roundabout at Steyne Road and Gunnersbury Lane. Buses will be diverted as follows:Routes 207, 607 , N7, N207.Towards Ealing Broadway:From High Street, Acton at the roundabout at Steyne Road, diverted right Steyne Road, ahead HornLane, left Noel Road, ahead Twyford Avenue, right Uxbridge Road to normal line of route.Towards Acton:From Uxbridge Road at the junction with Twyford Avenue, diverted left Twyford Avenue, ahead NoelRoad, right Horn Lane, ahead Steyne Road, left High Street, Acton to normal line of route.Route 427Towards Acton Town HallWill be required to curtail to Ealing Broadway, Haven Green and stand at the 'Horseshoe' stand oppositethe shops - Previously the route 65 StandTowards UxbridgeFrom the stand on Haven Green, diverted ahead Haven Green, right The Broadway to normal line ofroute.Route 440 towards Power Road:From Noel Road at the junction with Lynton Road, diverted left Lynton Road, right Horn Lane, aheadSteyne Road, left High Street, Acton to normal line of routeTowards Stonebridge Park.From High Street, Acton at the roundabout at Steyne Road, diverted right Steyne Road, ahead HornLane, left Lynton Road, right Noel Road to normal line of route.Route E3 & N11Towards Greenford and Ealing BroadwayFrom Acton Lane at the junction with Bollo Bridge Road, diverted left Bollo Bridge Road, right BolloLane, left Gunnersbury Lane to normal line of routeTowards Chiswick & Liverpool StreetFrom Gunnersbury Lane at the junction with Bollo Lane, diverted right Bollo Lane, left Bollo Bridge Road,right Acton Lane to normal line of route.

Patrick Green ● 3974d

A map of the diversions would be really helpful if you get one so that I can avoid completely. If at all possible.

Bob Crossley ● 3975d