Snow and Freezing Temperatures Delay Gas Replacement Scheme

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Bad weather has delayed the completion of gas mains replacement work being carried out in Horncastle

National Grid is assuring residents work to replace 230-metres of pipe along West Street will end next Friday, 1st March.

The six-week project was due to end today, Tuesday, but severe snow, sub-zero temperatures and excavation issues has forced a one-week extension to the scheme.

Project manager, Phil Chesters, said: "We had heavy snow on and off for two weeks which impacted on safety, made access difficult and resulted in machinery freezing.

"We also discovered other utility services above ours and two-feet of tarmac under the road surface, which made excavation harder and more prolonged."

National Grid apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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