Road set for week of closure due to emergency water works
A Black Country road is set to be closed for a week due to emergency water main repair works.
Hydes Road in Wednesbury will be closed from Wednesday, March 1 until Monday, March 6 for engineers to complete the works.
It means that diversions will be in place for motorists, with the 40 and 47 buses also set to diverted as well.
Services down Hydes Road will instead head along Holden Road, down Mounts Road and Bridge Street onto Holyhead Road and in Wednesbury bus station, although services to West Bromwich will not be affected.
A spokesman for National Express West Midlands said on Twitter: "Diversion March 1 - 6.
"Hydes Road closed due to emergency water main repair works.
"40/47 To Wednesbury, Hydes Road. left Holden Road, continue Mounts Road, right Bridge Street, left Holyhead Road, right into Wednesbury bus station."
A Severn Trent spokesman said: “Our teams are currently preparing for an open excavation to clear a blockage in a sewer pipe.
"We first attempted to clear the blockage with high pressure jetting, which was unsuccessful due to being blocked by sanitary items.
“Items incorrectly flushed such as wet wipes, sanitary products and nappies don’t break down in sewers, and can attach to fats oils and greases (FOG) that solidify in the pipe, causing fatbergs.
"This is why we advise people to only ever flush the 3 P’s – pee, poo and toilet paper, and collect FOG in a container, jar or tin and put it in the bin once cool.
“We’d like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding as we complete this work at Hydes Road in Wednesbury and it is our priority to clear the blockage, repair the pipe and return the road back to normal as soon as possible.”
