Gas Works in Bentley

West Midlands Gas Alliance is advising motorists of roadworks in Bentley, Walsall.  

A project to replace the gas main running along Boundary Mill Way started this week.  Boundary Mill Way has been closed to through traffic from the Showcase Cinema to the junction with Cemetery Road and Darleston Road.

Access to all businesses is open.

The work is expected to take two months to complete.  During this time the old metal gas main will be replaced by a new plastic pipe which, once laid, will last around 80 years with little or no maintenance.

The work is being carried out on behalf of National Grid by West Midlands Gas Alliance.  The Alliance is a partnership of two companies, National Grid and Morgan Est plc, a major utilities contractor.

The project is part of National Grid’s 30 year programme to improve the safety and reliability of the gas supply network by replacing all metal gas pipes that lie within 30m of property.

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For further media information only contact Jane Taylor, National Grid Communications on 0121
333 2640

National Grid
National Grid is a leading international energy infrastructure business - the largest utility in the UK.

Through National Grid Gas plc it owns and operates over 6,800 kilometres of high-pressure transmission pipeline across Great Britain, and 132,000 kilometres of lower-pressure distribution gas mains in the North West, the Midlands, East Anglia and North London – more than half of Britain's gas transportation network, delivering gas to around 11 million homes, offices and factories.

Through National Grid Electricity Transmission plc, the company operates the high-voltage electricity transmission network across Great Britain, and owns the network in England and Wales.

National Grid will continue to manage the National Gas Emergency Service freephone line 0800 111 999*.  

*All calls are recorded and may be monitored.