Anglian Water will begin work on a £500K scheme to upgrade the Cambridge’s aging sewer network early next month.
During the course of the eight week project, improvements will be made to almost two miles of sewer pipes, under 22 streets across the city. The upgrade is scheduled for completion by the end of September 2014.
Rather than excavating large sections of road to replace the existing sewers, the pipes will be relined with a soft felt ‘sock’ impregnated with resin. The process will strengthen the pipes and dramatically reduce the risk of sewer collapses, which is often costly and disruptive to repair.
Satnam Kaur, spokesperson for Anglian Water said:
“This is an important project to improve the city’s sewer capacity, and is part of the £29 million worth of investment we have earmarked in Cambridge over the next six years.”
The water company is also separately starting work this week on a £450k flood prevention scheme to increase the capacity of the sewer network and ease flooding in Caistor. The scheme, which is due to be completed by the end of August, will significantly reduce the chances of flooding if the network becomes overwhelmed by rainfall. The new work will increase the capacity of the network by installing an additional 700 metres of pipeline.
Finally, next week Anglian Water will begin work on a large-scale sewer to expand the network in Milton Keynes which includes the installation of 1,500 metres of pipeline using trenchless techniques. The scheme will take approximately seven months to complete, and will service the 6,600 homes making up the Redlawns housing development in the west of the town.
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