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Moor End Lane update: 2 August 2024
Information for residents
Ground collapse at Moorend Houses, Silkstone Common
Thank you for your continued patience and understanding.
Progress this week
As planned this week, we made progress on the following:
- We have shared the revised design plans with Wardell Armstrong, the independently appointed engineer.
- We arranged a drop-in meeting with residents on 30 July.
- We completed the weekly survey of the monitoring studs.
- Our contractors carried out enabling work in preparation for the main work to start.
- We no longer need to create an emergency egress as previously advised as it is not needed.
Next week
The current schedule for next week is as follows:
- The stud monitoring will take place every week on a Wednesday. The surveyor will continue to access the studs via the rear of the properties.
- The GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) survey on the access road and the CCTV drainage survey will be carried out.
- A colleague from the Coal Authority will be available for a drop-in session on Wednesday 7 August between 6 and 6.30pm. Please come along if you have any questions or concerns.
Please note that we may occasionally need to vary the order of scheduled works without notice although we will try to avoid this where possible.
Working hours fall between 8am and 6pm. There is likely to be some noise and disruption, although we will keep these to a minimum, particularly before 9am and after 5pm. If you do have any concerns at any time, please let us know.
Works to the mine shaft
We have shared the revised plans with the independent engineer. Work will begin two weeks from when we have confirmation from the independent engineer that they are satisfied with the revised plans.
In the meantime, we will continue to speak to residents individually about their circumstances and concerns, as well as via the represented contact.
Next update:
We will provide a further update on Friday 9 August.
Contact us
Please contact us if there is anything you wish to discuss. The reference number for this project is P-046483.
Customer Services Team
If you have any questions about our work please call our customer services team on 0345 762 6848 or 01623 637 000 Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm or email us at customerservice@coal.gov.uk.
To report an emergency, please contact: 0800 288 4242 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) For more information about the Coal Authority, please visit www.gov.uk/coalauthority
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