Nearly There

 The work by Staffordshire County Council is almost completed in Checkley Lane.  Well,we hope it is.

The telecom mast site area drain has been repaired by SCC (broken when the mast was installed).  This will be recharged to the EE contractor who carried out the work, of course.  It seems that this broken pipe had caused silt and water to build up across the road and burst the ceramic drain in the layby opposite.  this too has now been repaired and a swanky inspection chamber installed which will hopefully mean the road will not need to be dug up again.  Potholes will be filled. 

Sealing, the edges of potholes and road repairs, is no longer favoured by the SCC   I am told, since the black sealant becomes slippery and cyclists were falling off their bicycles.  So the large ravine on the side of the road which had been created by the flood damage is to be filled in with compacted sand. It will be interesting to see how long this lasts.

It seems, too, that the two grids under the bridge have been unblocked.  A large pothole on the Cheshire East side has to be repaired, and the drain unblocked where the mystery water is still flowing into the road.  the water is not coming from the overflowing HS2 ponds but there might be a drain somewhere in the field near to the bridge that needs attention.  The lake above the road near the bridge is a prime suspect, at the moment.  Until some exploratory work takes place, it is speculation.  I poked my finger into the bank just above the blocked grid and it hit concrete.  The soil was wet, however.  I pushed my finger into the soil a bit further up and it just went through as if there was nothing behind it.  That too was wet.  Spooky!       

So, we are almost there although not yet home and dry.  But we live in hope.

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