Telford & Wrekin Council has said the project to stabilise a major access route into the Ironbridge World Heritage Site, is on track for completion this spring.
Since the project began in summer 2023, more than 160 galvanised steel ground anchors, 300 tonnes of sprayed concrete and 500m2 of steel reinforcement have been installed along 200m of retaining wall at the north end of Jiggers Bank.
Since the project began in summer 2023, more than 160 galvanised steel ground anchors, 300 tonnes of sprayed concrete and 500m2 of steel reinforcement have been installed along 200m of retaining wall at the north end of Jiggers Bank.
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00:00 The past couple of months we've been installing about 160 galvanised steel anchors.
00:05 We've also installed about 500 metres squared of steel mesh and then sprayed that with concrete.
00:10 We've had a few challenges along the way. Some of the anchors go into the larger section of wall.
00:16 We've had to increase them in length because we've had some fissures and cracks within the bedrock.
00:20 Length of that would extend from the roundabout to Jiggers Bank. Probably would be somewhere
00:25 about the Ironbridge Gorge Museum. So there has been some good parts of the scheme. There was
00:29 always an area that we worried around the collapsed section where there was an arch at the bottom of
00:34 it and we never knew the condition of that arch. We did plan that it was the worst case scenario
00:39 but it turned out better than we thought. Kept some of the top of the wall exposed to keep some
00:44 of the original characteristics of the old wall. It's a 200 year old wall and I suppose it shows
00:49 that difference between the old and the new. Still quite a bit of work to do here. We've got to
00:53 replace about 650 meters of carriageway and then we're going to be coming through upgrading some
00:59 of the signing and lining and that'll take us all the way up to the end of the programme. I would
01:03 like to take an opportunity to thank the people of Ironbridge and people who use Jiggers Bank
01:08 because I know it's an inconvenience but everyone has been kind to us and that's really nice.
01:14 And we do all appreciate it.
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