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Photo of an excavator at the Wessex Water tunnelling compound.

Friday 16th March 2018 SH (Editor)

Late-running nature reserve tunnelling project to be completed by “end of March”

Wessex Water says the tunnelling work it has been carrying out from a compound near the ‘duck pond’ in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve will finally be completed by the end of March, nearly five months later than originally planned. The company reports that it has successfully tunnelled beneath the nearby M4 motorway as part of a scheme

Photo of Wessex Water site compound near the 'duck pond'.

Tuesday 12th September 2017 SH (Editor)

Wessex Water tunnelling work set to intensify over next few days

Tunnelling work that is being carried out from a compound near the ‘duck pond’ in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve is set to intensify from tomorrow (Wednesday 13th September) as contractors switch to 24-hour working for a critical phase of the project. The work is associated with the latest chapter in Wessex Water’s Frome Valley Relief Sewer (FVRS) project, which involves laying a

Sunday 20th August 2017 SH (Editor)

Tunnelling work now fully under way in Three Brooks nature reserve

Work to build a new sewer pipe beneath the M4 motorway has reached an important milestone, with tunnel boring now fully under way at the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve in Bradley Stoke. As part of its work to complete the final phase of the £15 million Frome Valley Relief Sewer scheme, Wessex Water is tunnelling beneath the motorway from a site adjacent

Plan of the site compound near the Three Brooks lake.

Sunday 23rd April 2017 SH (Editor)

Nature reserve tunnelling work due to start soon

Work to construct a tunnel to carry a new sewer pipe under the M4 motorway is due to begin in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve on Monday 24th April. The work, which is expected to last for approximately six months, will involve setting up a fenced site compound on the triangular area of grass near the bridge over Hortham

Site of proposed temporary access off Bradley Stoke Way for vehicles working on the Frome Valley Relief Sewer project.

Sunday 5th March 2017 SH (Editor)

Planning application for construction vehicles to access nature reserve from Bradley Stoke Way

Wessex Water has submitted a planning application for permission to construct a temporary vehicle access point into the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve from Bradley Stoke Way. The access is needed to allow vehicles to reach a works compound that is to be set up near the ‘duck pond’, from where a tunnel for a new sewer is to be dug to a

Picnic tables near the 'duck pond' in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve, Bradley Stoke.

Friday 10th February 2017 SH (Editor)

Six months of tunnelling work to begin soon in Three Brooks nature reserve

Work to construct part of a major new sewer link is expected to get under way in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve in April, Wessex Water has announced. The new 5km-long link will run from Frampton Cotterell to Bradley Stoke, where it will join up with an existing section of the Frome Valley Relief Sewer (FVRS) that was

Map showing proposed final phase of the Frome Valley relief sewer between Frampton Cotterell and Bradley Stoke.

Sunday 19th April 2015 SH (Editor)

Wessex Water announces £25m sewer relief scheme to support new housing

Wessex Water has announced that it will be constructing a multi-million pound scheme in South Gloucestershire to provide significant additional sewer capacity for new developments at North Yate, Harry Stoke and Emersons Green. The scheme, costing around £25m, will see the completion of the Frome Valley relief sewer to provide extra capacity in the sewerage network and help protect homes