Amey and Black & Veatch (aBV) is to begin a £3.1 million flood alleviation joint venture (JV) project in Glasgow.

The scheme, which will help reduce the risk of flooding to properties in the Mingulay Crescent and Scaraway Street area, is expected to take one year to complete.

aBV will upgrade the local sewer network by increasing its capacity so that it can store more water during times of heavy rainfall. Existing sewer pipework will be upsized while new storm overflow pipes will be installed.

Work will be carried out in several phases, starting with the installation of new sewer pipes in Ashgill Road for about seven months from 03 October.

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The development is part of Scottish Water's £250m, five-year investment programme for Glasgow.

Derek Cooke, a wastewater planning team leader with Scottish Water, said: "Scottish Water is fully committed to doing everything we can to help communities and customers by playing our part in tackling flooding and dealing with the impact of heavy rainfall.

"A number of properties in the Mingulay Crescent and Scaraway Street area have suffered from recurring flooding over a number of years and we fully appreciate the inconvenience this can cause. We know that affected customers will welcome our improvements to our network in the area."

Joanna Peebles, Scottish Water's regional communities team manager, added: "Our work will inevitably mean some inconvenience and disruption for local residents and road users but we will make every effort to minimise this.

"We will also keep local residents and road-users informed of our work and will liaise with them as the work progresses."

(LM/CD)