Severn Trent has begun work in Newark this week as part of a £60 million project to prevent sewer flooding in the town.
Work has started on the initial stages of constructing a tunnelling shaft on the playing fields of The Mount school.
Severn Trent’s programme manager, Tim Sawyer, explained:
“We hope that by now everyone is aware of the project we’re doing in Newark to protect homes and businesses from sewer flooding and provide a reliable water supply in the town for the future.”
“This work is vital for people in Newark with around 400 hundred homes and businesses currently at risk of sewer flooding.”
The water company is working with contract partners BNM Alliance on the £60 million project which will see the construction of a tunnel underneath the town to prevent flooding from happening.
Severn Trent will be working over the next four years to upgrade both water and sewer pipes in Newark. The scheme includes constructing 4km of new tunnelled sewers and upgrading over 7km of the existing sewer system, installing 10km of new water mains, replacing 2.6km of existing mains and installing new water valves.
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