Project update: 17 October
UPDATE - Thursday 17 October
The six-week closure of the B898 mentioned below is now in place.
Where the road is closed, there's still full access for cyclists and pedestrians. A local diversion route is in place for motorists.
All being well, this section of our work will be completed by Friday 6 December and the road will be fully re-opened.
Phase 3 - B898 - pipelaying now complete
Our work is continuing to progress well and all of the pipelaying work in the B898 is now completed, shown on the map below.
Reaching this stage means we continue to be ahead of schedule.
Now the new pipe is fully laid in the road, work continues for safety monitoring, engineering tests and general commissioning work. This means the B898 has been temporarily re-opened in both directions.
From mid-October, the road will be closed again for approximately six weeks whilst we complete the final stages of our project.
We will continue to keep you informed with the progress we are making on the project.
There's more information here in our project leaflet.
Phases one and two of our project are completed.
Project background
One of our gas pipes runs close to the River Tay, and due to some erosion on the river bank we need to move and upgrade this section of our network.
Our gas network in the area remains safe and there's no immediate risk, but we want to carry out our construction work now to ensure a safe and reliable gas supply.
Our new pipeline will run between Birnam and Logierait and the project is being carried out by our contractors Advance Group Limited and Morrison Energy Services.
phases two and three project map
There's more information in our bespoke project booklet.
Keeping you informed
We have held multiple drop-in sessions to share details about our plans, answer questions and receive feedback. If you were unable to attend these sessions, you can download the information boards.
You can also keep updated with our plans, or advise us on any special events we should be aware of, by signing up to our project email distribution list.
We're updating this dedicated web page as our project progresses, writing to affected residents to keep them informed, and publishing project milestones in The Bridge community newsletter.
If you have any questions about this project, you can get in touch with us at birnamtologierait@sgn.co.uk.