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04/01/2017

Scottish Water Continues £1.8m Glasgow Flood Alleviation Project

Work is continuing on a £1.8 million flood alleviation project in Glasgow.

Improvements are being carried out in the Drumchapel area of the city to reduce the risk of sewer flooding for properties in the Moraine Avenue area.

Works include the installation of a new storage tank and associated pipework and manholes in the grassed area between Kirkhope Drive and Blairdardie Road, which will increase the storage capacity in the local network.

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In addition, a new manhole on Kirkhope Drive between Moraine Avenue and Moraine Drive will be built. To allow this work to continue, road closures and traffic management will be in place from 09 January for around 12 weeks. Diversions will be in place.

Overall, the project forms part of Scottish Water's £250m investment in improvements to the Greater Glasgow area's waste water infrastructure, the biggest since Victorian times, which includes the Shieldhall waste water tunnel in the south west of the city and a number of flooding projects.

(LM)

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