Works (almost) complete: Croydon Road A232 sewer works yesterday, just waiting for the new tarmac to settle before the road can re-open

Emergency road works to fix a broken sewer on the A232 Croydon Road have been completed ahead of schedule, with the major road set to re-open to all traffic as soon as tomorrow, Sunday October 20.

Inside Croydon reported at the end of September how Thames Water had Croydon Road closed off to motor traffic at Beddington Park, disrupting traffic from the Purley Way to Wallington and beyond to Sutton. The works were expected to last until the end of October.

“Due to the complexity of the repair and the large void in the carriageway we are having to implement a full road closure,” Thames Water announced on September 25.

But by close of play yesterday, many of the workers and machinery had been removed off site, the gaping hole filled and tarmac laid.

All clear(ish): today’s announcement on the Thames Water website

Thames Water’s incident web page was updated this morning to state: “We are currently carrying out repairs to our sewer on Croydon Road, which was found following a sink hole appearing.

“A full road closure is in place due to the location of the void in the road.

“We are now nearing the completion of our works, ahead of schedule.”

Thames Water gave the estimated completion date as October 20.

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