HERE'S A PICTURE by Howard Clarke of the newly created work showing piling in progress at Wilstone Reservoir.
But they don't seem to be working with any urgency Howard tells us.
Started in March
It was in March when work started on the 2,000 steel piles that have to be installed in the reservoir's banks, with a 15 months programme of statutory works at Wilstone Reservoir, that feeds the Grand Union Canal.
The project, estimated to cost £15 millions is expected to be completed in March 2026. The piling work itself is expected to take around five months.
Built in 1802 to supply water to the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal, Wilstone Reservoir is part of the Tring Reservoirs Nature Reserve Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Largest of four
At 119 acres, Wilstone is the largest of the four reservoirs. It is up to 18 feet (5.5 metres) deep and has the capacity to hold over one million mega litres of water.
The reservoir has two five metre wide embankments stretching for a total of 1,350 metres and ranging in height from two to eight metres.