Argyll and Bute Council has awarded a contract for the Campbeltown flood protection scheme works worth almost £12.7 million in total.
The Council’s aims and objectives for the Campbeltown flood protection scheme are to reduce the risk of river flooding and the risk of surface water flooding.
Scope of the contract covers:
- Millknowe Flood Storage Reservoir – Construction of an impounding structure across the river and floodplain, flow control culvert and spillway. Sheet pile flood walls will form part of the storage area to protect the industrial estate.
- Dalaruan Culvert Upgrade – Partial upgrade to increase capacity for the Millknowe and Balegreggan Burns. Upsize a 270m length from the Millknowe intake. Pipe diameters will be increased to between 675 – 1200mm.
- Surface Water Elements – Retrofit of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems, within urban setting, to reduce load on the combined drainage network. Providing new drainage lines for existing road drains to disconnect from the combined network. Two detention basins and two filter drains are to be provided in above ground storage and below ground tank type storage.
Specialist civil engineering and piling contractors DAWSON-WAM have been awarded the contract, one of two companies in the bidding for the work.
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