Monitoring of Upwell Road will be carried out over three years using a variety of techniques, from gauges buried beneath the road surface to satellites taking detailed images to show any movement of the road surface, including sinking.
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Cambridgeshire has 1,000 miles of roads affected by peat - 93% of them in #Fenland. Seven 1050-metre sections of Upwell Road, March, have been dug up, each trialling a different solution.
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The peat road problem - councils try out seven different ways to build them back up at Upwell Road, March | @cambstimes.bsky.social | 10 October 2026:
www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/2661755...
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