The Meadow Lane East car park in Portadown is to be partially closed for up to 12 weeks to facilitate work by Northern Ireland Water.
From next Monday (January 8), a section of the busy car park will not be accessible to the public.
The measure has been taken to support Northern Ireland Water with their £7.8m Meadow Lane Wastewater Pumping Station Upgrade project.
The works in Meadow Lane began in early 2023 and involve a major upgrade at Meadow Lane Wastewater Pumping Station (WwPS) located adjacent to Meadow Lane East car park; the provision of a sizeable new stormwater storage tank at the WwPS site and the laying of new large diameter sewers, mainly by means of underground tunnelling.
A lane closure in operation in the area was removed ahead of Christmas, having been implemented in mid-October to create a safe working area for the construction of a tunnelling pit adjacent to Tim Hortons.
In December, Lisa Hughes, NI Water Senior Project Manager said: “To complete the tunnelling works a third and final tunnelling compound will be required in Meadow East Car Park. Work to create this compound will commence in early January 2024. A number of car parking spaces will need to be temporarily removed to facilitate this tunnelling pit.
“Any disabled bays affected by the construction works will be relocated as close as possible to the existing disabled spaces within the car park. Additional parking spaces within Meadow East Car Park were created by BSG [contractor] as part of the early construction phase to offset the space required for this tunnel shaft and minimise the impact of these essential NI Water works.
“Signage will be erected in the car park to inform motorists in advance of the compound area being constructed.”
