Water Leak on Kilburn High Road

Local residents near the top of the ward will probably now be aware that a water mains burst yesterday on Kilburn High Road (between Belsize Road and Greville Road), causing the road to be shut and quite a lot of water to leak.

Although the leak occurred just outside of Westminster, there has been some impact on Maida Vale residents - not least with the road closure, but also some likely damage to the public highway and properties on our side of the border. Westminster officers have been working through the situation since yesterday, including putting in place a full diversion for Kilburn High Road traffic. For the moment, we understand that there has been no loss of pressure to properties such as Tollgate - which is good news.

Westminster officers will be inspecting damage today and will seek to sort out any problems as quickly as possible.

This is the second mains burst in this part of the world in the last year, which does seem to suggest that Thames Water needs to look more closely at its pipe network. Westminster will certainly be making the case for this.

Jan