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Busy Warwick road to remain open despite talks of closure says Severn Trent Water

By Nadia Sayed 9th Jul 2026

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Local News by Nadia Sayed 9th Jul 2026

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Warwick's High Street will stay open during Severn Trent Water works to fix smell (image by Geoff Ousbey)

A busy Warwick road will remain open, despite talks of its closure, Severn Trent Water (STW) has confirmed.

Advance notice was issued by STW on Tuesday (7 July) indicating that Warwick's High Street may see disruption as works commenced to resolve the issue of a strong odour in the area.

However, it has now been confirmed, the current arrangement of the two-way lights will to remain in place throughout the engineering works.

STW has also said it estimates the work will be completed by the end of this week.

Works on High Street earlier this week (image by Geoff Ousbey)

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