Earthworks near M25 Clacket Lane Services

There is a huge earthworking operation going on just after the anti-clockwise Clacket Lane Service Area on the M25, and when I went past today it looked like they were putting Milton drainage pipes in, is the service area being re-built, or if not, what is being built?

Harry Monk:
There is a huge earthworking operation going on just after the anti-clockwise Clacket Lane Service Area on the M25, and when I went past today it looked like they were putting Milton drainage pipes in, is the service area being re-built, or if not, what is being built?

It’s a Time Team dig Harry, the pipes are from Roman underfloor heating :wink:

They installed all new drainage along the central reservation when they added the new concrete divide. I imagine it’s the outflow pipe from that section of motorway.

I’d imagine it’s improved drainage - back when I worked for the HA, that section of road was notorious for surface water when it rained - killed several people each year due to aquaplaning.