Anglian Water is set to begin the first stage of a multi-million-pound upgrade programme in Peterborough to help maintain the sewer network, prolong the life of the existing sewers and protect the local environment.
The investment in the community will see the water company making improvements across parts of the city and suburbs at different times over the next two years. Engineers have developed an innovative solution to help restrict the impact on local residents; resulting in less road closures with repairs taking place underground reducing the need to dig up the roads.
The first scheme, which begins today, will see £1.3 million invested to improve the sewer network in the Thorpe Road area of the city.
As well as ensuring customers can continue to use their facilities without a second thought, the relining technique will proactively refurbish whole lengths of sewers that become corroded from carrying sewage over time and reduce the change of leaks, thereby protecting the environment and local area. The work will continue for eight weeks, ending towards the middle of November.
Abigail Stevens, Project Manager for Anglian Water’s @one Alliance said:
“This is an essential project to protect the network in the area. Over time sewer pipes corrode because of the sewage they are carrying eats into the pipe material. Refurbishing them proactively like this keeps them in tip-top condition and prevents issues before they occur. The process undertaken is called relining; this is a smart technique that works unseen underground to reduce the impact on the surrounding area, and to keep traffic moving. At certain times each week, while you might not be able to see anything special going on above ground, the sewer will be drained and the machine will be busily relining the sewer under the road, hidden from sight. This is a great solution for minimising disruption in this busy part of the city.
“Throughout the duration of the work, we will be ensuring that customers are able to use their facilities by using tankers to remove the sewage from the area to a local recycling centre.”
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