Leak repair work - Southampton
We're sorry for the disruption our works at the Redbridge flyover in Southampton is causing
Redbridge flyover - eastbound carriageway closure and leak repair
UPDATE 4.20pm May 23
We will now be scaling back our work to detect the leak at the Redbridge flyover.
Following agreement with colleagues at Hampshire County Council and Southampton City Council the eastbound carriageway will reopen at around 3am on Saturday morning
We have made significant progress on pinpointing the leak, and we will carry out further surveys and investigations.
Our teams will be exploring options for whether we come back and carry out work for a shorter period, or other solutions that will be less disruptive including moving water around our network to bypass this water main.
Any future dates for further work or closures will be communicated to all nearby customers and stakeholders.
We're sorry for the disruption and inconvenience our work has caused this week and we will take away lessons from this to look at new ways we can reduce our impact on the wider road network when carrying out work of this nature.
Previous updates
Our teams are continuing to work to locate a leak at the Redbridge Flyover.
We continue to make progress on narrowing down the area where it could be.
Reinstatement of the road surface on the eastbound carriageway is continuing and we remain on schedule to reopen the eastbound carriageway road late on Friday evening.
We're working with partners to create additional signage and information to reduce congestion ahead of cruise ship traffic into Southampton on Friday. We will provide a further update tomorrow.
Our teams are still at the Redbridge flyover and nearby area where they’re working to find a leak.
Unfortunately we have been unable to pinpoint this leak which is deep in our underground network of pipes, and we will be deploying further detection methods to locate it.
Reinstatement of the road surface is continuing and we’re on schedule to reopen the eastbound carriageway road before midnight on Friday.
Due to the likely high volumes of traffic heading into Southampton tomorrow morning we are working closely with Southampton City Council, Hampshire County Council and National Highways to explore ways we can ease disruption.
We’re sorry for the continued disruption that our work to find a leak at the Redbridge flyover is causing.
Unfortunately our teams have been unable to pinpoint this leak which is deep in our underground network of pipes. Work to locate it will continue over the next two days.
Reinstatement of the road surface has started and will take time to complete due to the nature of the road surface. During this time there will be a minimal presence of our teams as we allow the concrete to cure. Our aim is to have the eastbound carriageway of the flyover reopened before midnight on Friday.
Drivers travelling into Southampton can use a diversion from the A35 to the Redbridge roundabout leading to the A33 Redbridge Road. We will issue another update about these works tomorrow (May 22)
We’re sorry for the continued disruption that our work to find a leak at the Redbridge flyover is causing.
Ahead of the Bank Holiday weekend we have taken the decision to reopen the Eastbound carriageway of the Redbridge flyover before Saturday morning.
The work involved in pinpointing this leak is complex as it is a non visible leak that is deep in our underground network of pipes, which means we are using various methods to locate it.
We have made progress in narrowing down the area where this leak could be, and we’re confident that when we return at a later date this work will take less time thanks to the new data and insights our detection work has provided.
Reinstatement of the Redbridge flyover will begin later today, but this will take time to complete due to the nature of the road surface and curing of concrete. Our aim is to be off-site by late Friday evening.
Drivers travelling into Southampton can use a diversion from the A35 to the Redbridge roundabout leading to the A33 Redbridge Road.
We will continue to provide daily updates about this work and our progress. Our next one will be issued later today before 6pm.
We’re sorry for the continued disruption that our work to find and fix a leak at the Redbridge flyover is causing.
Our team be on site working through the night to pinpoint the exact origin of the leak.
The eastbound closure of the Redbridge flyover will stay in place throughout the week for us to carry out this work safely.
Drivers travelling into Southampton can use a diversion from the A35 to the Redbridge roundabout leading to the A33 Redbridge Road.
We will continue to provide daily updates about this work and our progress. Our next one will be issued on Wednesday morning (May 21).
Our teams are working to find and fix a leak at the Redbridge flyover in Southampton.
Traffic management was set-up successfully on Monday evening and since then we are working to pinpoint the exact location of the leak.
Due to the nature of the work the eastbound carriageway will remain closed for a number of days – with the closure being 24/7 to allow our teams to work.
We will provide a further update on progress on Wednesday morning. We’re sorry for the disruption this work is causing.