Our tunnel boring machine (TBM) Selina started journey from Chambers Wharf in early 2021. She passed by our site at King Edward Memorial Park as part this 5.5km journey. In April 2022, Selina reached her Abbey Mills Pumping Station, marking the end of tunneling for the super sewer.

We are currently working on the structures required for the sewer to operate. We are also casting the beams for the shaft roof slab and installing the pre-cast panels for the new river wall.

Thames Path diversion (November 2022 - August 2024)

From 28 November 2022 we are diverting the Thames Path so that we can undertake construction work in the south-east corner of the park. Read more in our information sheet here. 

To find out more about what's happening across the project you can watch our Tunnel Vision series on YouTube.

If you have any questions about our site at King Edward Memorial park please get in touch with our helpdesk on 08000 30 80 80 or [email protected].

Our standard working hours are:

• 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday
• 8am to 1pm Saturday 

There is a 1-hour mobilisation period before and after these standard working hours. For certain activities we are permitted to work until 10pm, Monday to Friday.

Maintenance work also can take place between:

• 1pm to 5pm Saturday
• 10am to 4pm Sunday

Our last Community Liaison Working Group meeting was held on Monday 14 November. If you are interested in attending the next meeting please email [email protected].

The presentation and notes from previous meetings are linked below.

• Monday 14 November 2022 - drop in session presentation and notes
• Wednesday 22 June 2022 - Community Liaison Working Group presentation
• Wednesday 22 June 2022 - Community Liaison Working Group notes
• Monday 6 December 2021 - Community Liaison Working Group presentation
• Monday 6 December 2021 - Community Liaison Working Group notes
• Monday 5 July 2021 - Community Liaison Working Group presentation
• Monday 5 July 2021 - Community Liaison Working Group minutes 

Previous minutes are available upon request, please contact the Tideway Helpdesk on 08000 30 80 80 or email [email protected]

• All static machinery and plant is screened or enclosed 
• Acoustic barriers installed on the temporary foreshore area
• The playground has been relocated and the sports pitches reconfigured which remain in use throughout construction
• Vehicle movements outside of standard hours are restricted
• Hoarding erected on the site boundaries
• Plant electrically powered where practicable

• Call our 24 hour Tideway Helpdesk 08000 30 80 80 or email [email protected]
• Read the latest updates on the noticeboards on our hoardings.
• Join our regular Community Liaison Working Group meetings, to attend the meetings or receive the minutes and presentations from past meetings, email [email protected]. Meeting details will be emailed, published online and on site hoardings.

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As part of work to build the new super sewer in east London, King Edward Memorial Park will be extended by eight per cent - or 2600 square metres - with new areas allowing visitors to get closer to the River Thames.

On 6 January 2022, Tower Hamlet’s Development Committee approved aspects of the design, which will include a sequence of riverside terraces descending towards the water, a new public square and areas of planting to encourage new habitats and increase biodiversity.

The new piece of land at King Edward Memorial Park sits atop of the massive below-ground structures that are being built to help stop sewage overflowing into the River Thames from the Victorian sewers. 

This area will include a trail of artworks by renowned artist Hew Locke. You can read more about the artworks here. 

Dorothea Smartt has also been commissioned to produce poetry to adorn our signature ventilation columns at many of our sites, read more here and Marina Willer of design studio Pentagram is also creating a unifying identity for a series of bronze plaques for 12 of Tideway’s sites across London including this site. Read more here.