FURTHER roadworks will need to be carried out in Three Elms Road following a water leak at newly laid pipes.

Welsh Water carried out work at the site during the summer and finished last month.

There were temporary traffic lights at the site which led to delays in the city. So residents and commuters may be disappointed to learn further work will have to be carried out between November 24 and November 30 as there is a water leak on the newly installed mains pipes.

Temporary two-way traffic lights will be in operation between 8am and 4pm each day.

Clive Hall, acting assistant director for Highways and Transport at Herefordshire Council, said: “Local residents and businesses were delighted when Welsh Water works on Three Elms Road were completed and we had delivered a new road surface.

"We are extremely disappointed to learn of Welsh Water’s need to return to the site. If Herefordshire Council had known that work had not been completed to the required standard when Welsh Water withdrew from the site we would have delayed resurfacing work.

“We are insisting that work is completed by Friday November 30 at the latest. Further, Welsh Water will have to completely resurface the entire width of road where new work takes place and for some distance either side, not just patch where they dig.

"We will inspect the resurfacing after they are done to ensure that the quality of the road is of the same high standard recently delivered by Balfour Beatty Living Places.

“It is hugely regrettable that local businesses and residents are going to be disrupted again so soon.”

Welsh Water are informing residents that the leak is situated near the junction of Bakers Lane and Three Elms Road, by The Range store.