Smarden Bell Road, Pluckley

We’ve now completed this project and would like to thank the community for their patience while we carried out this vital work.

We’ve completed two further connections to our network and we’re continuing work to return the road to a safe and driveable condition after commissioning the latest section of our new mains.

We’ve returned to Smarden Bell Road to complete the final section of work. We’re planning to work six days a week. We’ll work as quickly as possible, and expect to take around four weeks to finish this project.

We’ll be returning to complete our project in Smarden Bell Road on Monday 18 May, with the road being closed between the junctions with Mundy Bois Road and Rose Farm Lane.

Most of the new pipework has been laid, with just the section crossing the bridge to be completed by slip-lining the existing main to minimise disruption. Once completed, we'll be testing the entire section of main and making it ready to supply drinking water. The programme has been extended by two weeks, and we are aiming to complete the project before Christmas.

We're now excavating past the junction of Mundy Bois Road and are preparing for the next section of main to be laid using the drilling method. This means will be digging a number of pits rather than a long trench in the road.

We've now laid 500 metres of new water main along Smarden Bell Road, using the directional drilling method. We're planning to connect to the existing main on Tuesday 21 October.

Our project started last week, and we have set up our compound, and closed the road. A diversion is now in place and signposted. We urge all motorists to follow this diversion for the safety of all road users as well as our team.
We've excavated the required pits to allow us to directionally drill the first section of new main, which we'll be doing later this week.