At last night's Camberwell Community Council Andrew Downes, of the Council's Transport Group, gave an update on the collapsed rail tunnel in Camberwell Grove, which is causing the road to be blocked at its mid-point.
Apparently the tunnel is constructed of brick and iron beams. One of the iron beams has a crack in it which could cause a catastrophic failure if action is not taken. Repairs to iron beams such as this are normally carried out before the beam has actually cracked, but in the case of the Camberwell Grove tunnel matters have gone one stage further already! Andrew informed us that Network Rail intend to carry out the repairs to the tunnel in February 2007 with the intention of those repairs being completed in March 2007.
Even when Camberwell Grove is re-opened it will still be subject to a 7.5 ton weight limit which will need to be strictly enforced. This will have to be done by some width restriction measures being taken on the approach to the bridge in order to ensure that no over-weight vehicles can pass. A long term solution to the problem will only be brought about with a complete replacement of the tunnel - which will cause major disruption to Camberwell Grove and trains on the line to and from Denmark Hill.
So we can expect Camberwell Grove to re-open to vehicles with new width restrictions on the road in March/April next year.
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Well, I see you're alright then Jack .... sorry Ian. Never mind the rest of us that are suffering huge inconvience by the closure of the bridge on Camberwell Grove. Probably added a few quid to your house price as well without the street being used as a thoroughfar I'd wager.
Don't worry about us at all .... oh, you weren't.
response to Ian Sykes:
There is another another side to the story. As a resident of Grove Park the traffic noise has increased tremendously as a result of the bridge closure - all the cars that aren't aware of the closure come down from the top and end up turning right down Grove Park.
Surely, Ian, we could get the council to completely eliminate traffic noise in South Camberwell by blocking all the streets and turning them into organic farms?
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