Pipeline update
You may have seen recent media coverage regarding our Strategic Pipeline Alliance.
We want to reassure you that we remain fully committed to delivering the entirety of the project. However, construction in the north is being rephased under a new timetable, with an updated construction programme being made available in Summer 2024.
Exceptional circumstances, such as Covid-19, labour shortages, supply issues caused by the war in Ukraine, and rising inflation, have impacted large infrastructure programmes across the country. Our Strategic Pipeline project is no exception.
We have experienced unprecedented weather conditions with 10 extreme storms since September 2023. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has recently confirmed that Britain has had the wettest 18 months since records began in 1896, and many areas in our region saw double the average rainfall.
Not only are we dedicated to minimising the impact on communities along the route – it is also our duty to protect the environment. Our pipeline crosses the habitats of some protected species, and we are legally obliged to manage our work accordingly in these areas to minimise any impact we have.
We have 130km of the whole pipeline in the ground across the whole of the pipeline spanning the Anglian Water region and as mentioned remain fully committed to delivering the entirety of the project.
We appreciate your understanding at this time, and we hope any disruptions that have been caused by our works are at a minimal level.
To see our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) please click here.
As the stakeholder lead on this section and in the North, I am happy to follow up with an initial phone call should you have any queries or concerns regarding any of the above.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Katie
Katie Atkin
Stakeholder Lead (Elsham to Bexwell and Non-infra)
Strategic Pipeline Alliance
Mobile: 07890 943523
Anglian Water Services Limited
World Wide House, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SB