Major utility works to replace leaky Victorian pipes beneath London's Borough High Street will be taking place over the next six months for those working in the energy jobs sector.

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Southern Gas Networks and Thames Water are working together with Transport for London (TfL) to carry out the gas and water mains replacement works, which is due to continue until July 2010.

A single contractor, Morrison Utilities Services, has been employed to work on the project, meaning that if any problem occurs with the progress of work on one of the mains, the contractor can continue work on the other without any causing delays.

Conducted separately, the works would have required at least 14 months to complete.

The work is part of a wider 30-year programme by Southern Gas Networks to replace London's Victorian cast-iron mains - which are prone to leaks and bursts - with new plastic ones which are less susceptible to damage from soil corrosion and traffic vibrations.