Further to our story last Friday here, Thames Water have now advised that their engineers have completed excavations around the pipework near Elmcourt Health Centre, Norwood Road in order to begin more detailed pressure tests on the valve under review. To ensure they can carry out this work as safely and quickly as possible, it has been realised there is a need to also temporarily install two-way traffic management lights at the junction of Elmcourt Road and Avenue Park Road from this coming Saturday 23 (9am-7pm) to Sunday 24 and Monday 25 May (10am-5pm).

At this stage, Thames Water still expect to complete this work within two weeks. A further update is promised shortly.