SGN to lift emergency roadworks in Newbury after fixing gas leak

SGN says it has successfully located and repaired a gas leak after a prolonged emergency closure in Newbury’s Cheap Street.

But the road closure will remain in place whilst works to reinstate the carriageway are undertaken, which is due to be completed later today (Saturday).

The emergency closure of Cheap Street began last Friday (June 9), but was delayed from its original forecast completion on Wednesday (June 14) to Monday (June 19) after the utility company confirmed it was “having difficulty in locating the leak”.

Residential access will be maintained throughout the works and a diversion will be signed on site.

A partial lift of restrictions over the Park Way bridge was permitted during the closure to allow access to the car parks in the Wharf.

All vehicles have been allowed to travel along Park Way to Wharf Road, southbound, to access the car parks.

However, restrictions have remained in place for buses and taxis only to travel from Wharf Road to Parkway, northbound.

Exit from the Wharf for all other vehicles will be via Bear Lane.

The diversion route will take vehicles via Bear Lane, the A339 southbound, St John’s Road, Newtown Road, Bartholomew Street and Market Street.

The anti-clockwise diversion route is via Market Street, Bartholomew Street, Newtown Road, St John’s Road, the A339 northbound and into Cheap Street – as far as Market Street only.