Burst sewer - Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards

UPDATE 2pm Sunday 1st OctobeR

We’re sorry that a burst sewer has again affected customers in Bulverhythe Road in St Leonards, East Sussex.  

Unfortunately, this is a significant repair that will require more than 40 tankers, six nurse tanks and four hydraulic pumps to fix. We'll provide further updates about this on our website.   

We’re using sandbags and haybales to prevent any local flooding. We understand the concerns of local residents, but we’ll do everything we can to make sure customers’ homes or gardens are not impacted. We'll be contacting all customers in the area directly.   

 We’re sorry that this will cause some disruption to customers and businesses in the area. Traffic management will be in place at Bulverhythe Road and it is likely that we’ll have tankers queuing at Galley Hill, with agreement from Hastings Borough Council.  

The burst was discovered while we were carrying out riverbank improvement works as part of a wider £5 million project to reline sewers in the area. This issue will not affect this work. More details about this can be found here.   

We'll post further updates on our website as the work continues. We’re very sorry for the impact this is having, and rest assured we’re doing everything we can to fix the issue as soon as possible.