Last reviewed: 25.5.2011 - 6.44pm

In April 2009, we became the first UK utility to start using road plates, which enable motorists to drive straight over open roadwork trenches dug as part of our Victorian mains replacement programme.

Our high-strength plastic plates are light enough to be laid over holes by workmen during rush hour, then removed so work can resume when the traffic dies down.

That's a lot of traffic jams averted and hopefully, a lot of Londoners' lives made that little bit easier.

Unfortunately, our work does sometimes disrupt traffic, which is why we've made plates compulsory at every mains replacement site in central London.

Easing congestion

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