The task has required the use of a 120 tonne crane and a specialist Giken piling rig which includes an auger to allow steel sheet piles to be inserted into the ground. The piles will allow the ground at the top of the cutting to be restored and remove the risk of further slips taking place. The cost of the work is covered by insurance.
Meanwhile, a £200,000 appeal by the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Trust, launched in early November, to fund repairs of the B4632 road overbridge between Toddington and Broadway, passed its target in less than a month.