WORK to repair a collapsed wall at Gunnislake has recommenced and is ‘progressing well’.

Last August, the wall on the A390 at Newbridge Hill was found to have moved significantly and has since been supported by concrete blocks and a single carriageway was put in place with priority signing.

The section of the road was due to be closed during the hours of 7pm and 6am, during two weeks, starting from June 3 but following delays with land agreements the road closure was put on hold.

Last week a spokesperson from CORMAC, the contracting arm of Cornwall Council, said: ‘Due to the slip in programme following the land agreement delays, we lost our night time road closure booking and had to reapply giving the full three months’ notice.

‘The intention was to remove the concrete blocks and then drill the lower rows of soil nails during a night-time road closure. Having reassessed our work methods, we believe that it will be possible to remove the concrete blocks at night using traffic lights and “long delay” warnings, rather than close the road. Then, using different machinery which we now have available, drill the final rows during the day time under the existing traffic management arrangements.’

The work had now started and was ‘progressing well’, added the CORMAC spokesperson.