Eccles: essential works to repair a gas pipeline in Liverpool Road

• Work starts on Monday morning (8am) on an emergency repair in Liverpool Road, Eccles, near junction 11 of the M60.
• Cadent engineers have taken action to keep everyone safe, pending this activity starting.
• All roads stay open; expect congestion due a reduction in lanes and associated traffic management.

Emergency works are due to begin on Monday morning (9 November) to repair a gas pipeline which runs underneath Liverpool Road, Eccles.

Cadent, which manages the local gas network, received a report of a smell of gas in the area.

Investigations have confirmed the source as a pipeline which runs under the road, close to the roundabout at junction 11 of the M60.

The gas network has taken emergency actions to ensure the safety of nearby properties and its engineers are carrying out regular monitoring at the location.

Cadent now needs to expose the pipeline and carry out a repair.

It will start at 8am on Monday, involving the closure of one of three lanes in Liverpool Road, with associated traffic management on the roundabout.

Leaving two lanes open allows space for traffic to continue to travel, in both directions. The reduction in lanes, on a busy road, will lead to increased congestion in the area.

Gas will remain ON during the activity; there should be no impact to gas supplies.

Cadent teams will work between 8am and 9pm each day to complete the repair as quickly and safely as possible. As some of the work will inevitably be noisy, it will pause activity overnight, between 9pm and 8am, in consideration of people living close to the work site.

Stuart Millett, Customer Operations Area Manager, Cadent, said: These are essential works, to keep everyone safe and to keep gas flowing into local homes and other buildings.

Once we have gained access to the pipe, we can assess the nature of repair needed and we will have a clearer understanding with regards to how long this will take to complete – at this stage, we expect it will take several days.

This is a busy area and, while we have agreed a traffic plan that keeps all roads open, we wanted to ensure people had advance notice that there will be added congestion.

If you smell gas, act immediately and call the national gas emergency service on 0800 111 999*. Do not assume it is related to this incident – it may not be and needs to be checked.