Monthly Update

JULY UPDATE

Works are progressing well on the construction of the new Dutch-style roundabout. A brief look into works completed so far:

• Archaeological finds throughout the reduce dig of the roundabout. These are all recorded by the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA).
• Commence with new surface water drainage.
• Removal of kerbs from the existing roundabout.
• Making safe a high voltage cable which passes through the roundabout from East to West.
• Installation of new capping material to 90% of the area which has been dug.
• Significant amount of tarmac uncovered to the south side of the roundabout – believed to have been the road which connected Westgate and West Street prior to the construction of the existing roundabout in the 1960s.

From left to right: New surface water drainage and Archaeological finds.