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Water leak closes bus diversion route again – with no date for reopening

by Frank le Duc
Friday 31 Mar, 2023 at 1:30AM
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Bus diversion route closed while engineers investigate water leak

Upper North Street road closed. Picture by Karla Courtney

A bus diversion route is due to be closed again because of “a severe water leak”, with no date set for when the road in the centre of Brighton will reopen.

ROAD CLOSURE: Upper North Street will be closed from 9am tomorrow (Friday 31 March) until further notice for emergency repair work. A severe water leak has caused significant damage to the road. Buses are being diverted via Seven Dials. We’re really sorry for any inconvenience. pic.twitter.com/k90kevZqHB

— Brighton & Hove City Council (@BrightonHoveCC) March 30, 2023

The latest leak is at least the fourth in Upper North Street since Brighton and Hove City Council roadworks in Western Road led to the rerouting.

The council said last night: “Upper North Street will be closed from 9am tomorrow (Friday 31 March) until further notice for emergency repair work.

“A severe water leak has caused significant damage to the road. Buses are being diverted via the Seven Dials. We’re really sorry for any inconvenience.”

Residents believe that the leaks are being caused by the hundreds of buses that have been using Upper North Street each day for about two months.

Three water leaks have damaged the road so far this month and there has also been a gas leak.

But the council said that the problems were nothing to do with the extra heavy vehicles now using the road, blaming joint failures in Southern Water’s old infrastructure.

The council started work in Western Road last November and it is due to be completed by May next year. The bus diversions began in January.

After the last leak, the council said: “Unfortunately, Southern Water have developed a major leak on Upper North Street and have had to go in today to excavate. This involves closing the road.

“The leak has nothing to do with the current use of the road as a diversion from Western Road.

“It has been necessary to close Western Road to eastbound buses and taxis while we carry out improvement works. This is a temporary measure until the work is complete.

“We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused while this work takes place and thank those affected for bearing with us.

“We appreciate residents’ concerns about rerouted traffic passing by their properties during the closure of Western Road. But unfortunately there isn’t a viable alternative option that would keep the city’s bus network moving.”

People living along the diversion route – Montpelier Road, Montpelier Terrace, Upper North Street and Regent Hill – have petitioned the council to change the route.

They have put signs in their windows to protest about it and formed a group called the Western Road Redirection Action Group (WRRAG) to take legal action against the council.

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Comments 9

  1. Technique says:
    2 years ago

    If Southern Water spent less money on directors’ bonuses, and more money on infrastructure….

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    • Peter Challis says:
      2 years ago

      Doesn’t help when a 7.5ton weight limit restriction for the road was removed by the council so that buses could use Upper North Street, apparently, without any survey taking place.

      But, of course, much simpler to blame Southern Water.

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      • Keith says:
        2 years ago

        Actually, the 7.5t limit is ONLY for lorries. It doesn’t include buses of any weight. It was in the test I took.

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        • mart Burt says:
          2 years ago

          Keith
          Actually Brighton Buses made it clear that this road should not be used due to weakness of underworks and used to be in the Risk Management hand book as a Hazard.

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  2. Paul Paul says:
    2 years ago

    tHiS hAs nOtHiNG tO dO wItH tHE 100s oF bUSeS sTaMPeDInG aLOnG uPpER nORth sTrEeT. No mate, just a coincidence! God these people are vile.

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    • joshua says:
      2 years ago

      From my experience gas leaks are fairly common. The water leaks on the other hand I could see being the busses.

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  3. Rob Heale says:
    2 years ago

    Diverting heavy traffic onto residential streets is common with the “Green” Council. They are now diverting traffic towards 7 Dials, where the Greens removed the Safety Railings and the Lighted Crossings at great expense!

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  4. chris says:
    2 years ago

    Errm no buses = no leaks, lots of buses = lots of leaks. Of course there is no connection at all ? How daft do you have to be to not see a connection ?
    I am sure that the road/services “should” be good enough – but obviously they are not. Perhaps it is time for gas/water to dig up the whole road to perform “emegency” renewals. Right now.

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  5. Paul Temple says:
    2 years ago

    Don’t forget this is the same administration that claimed the hole that opened at the Old Steine was nothing to do with the Christmas Fun Fair. A report over a year later said it certainly was. So when they claim it’s nothing to do with the buses you cab bet it was.

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