UPDATED: Thames Water report Wembley Triangle sewage leak. Potential pollution of Wembley Brook.

 

WEMBLEY TRIANGLE TONIGHT

 A resident reported: No engineer in sight but  no leak either. From Wembley Hill Road the road is closed to the left if you wished to go down Harrow Road. From Harrow Road coming into Wembley there is no right turn into Wembley Hill Road.

By all accounts is chaos, as from Wembley Hill Road you have no choice but to turn right into the High Road.  Vehicles are going across this junction and turning in St Josephs RC Church car park then leaping out to turn right on to Harrow Road towards NCRd.  A few are attempting to turn left at the triangle and  dicing with death as it doesn't appear that the traffic lights are giving them the option.

 Thames Water has reported to Brent Council that a 'big crack' opened up overnight on the road at Wembley Triangle. Sewage escaped from the main sewer about 3 metres below ground and cascaded into roadside gullies.

Thames have classified this as pollution as it leads into the Wembley Brook (of recent fame).  At the time of informing Brent Council. Thames said there had been no real impact on the brook at present but further work would be done today to investigate further and survey the pipe. This will establish the reapirs need to return the sewer to normal service and prevent any further flooding or pollution.

Wembley Matters has asked the Thames Water officer responsible for an update on the situation after today's investigation.

Wembley Brook now running freely after remedial works on the Argenta House flood site

Trench works at Argenta House

Asked for an update on works at the Argenta House site, opposite Wembley Park Station, following the floods a spokesperson for the Londonewcastle Latimer joint venture, told Wembley Matters:

Henry Construction – who are no longer on the project – carried out work at our Argenta House site. The local area is an area with known and longstanding issues with flooding. 

 

We are aware of the view that Henry’s temporary works to the nearby brook may have been a contributing factor, alongside exceptionally adverse weather, to the recent floods. After taking back control of the site following Henry’s administration and having received notification from the Environment Agency that remedial works were needed, we removed the temporary work as a precautionary step. We can see the brook is now running freely and we continue to monitor the site.

We remain in regular contact with key stakeholders including the council and the Environment Agency to support ongoing investigations in the wider area following the flooding.