Scottish Water has announced an investment of £700k in upgrades to parts of the sewer network in Turnberry, South Ayrshire to help protect the local environment.

Work will start on Monday 11 March and will take place on land west of the A77/A719 junction.

It will involve the replacement of approximately 400 metres of sewer pipe and the installation of two new valve chambers.

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The project will be carried out by the utility’s alliance partner amey Black and Veatch (aBV) and is expected to take four months for completion.

Ruaridh MacGregor, corporate affairs manager, said: "This essential upgrade work will help safeguard the local environment by helping to reduce the risk of the sewer pipe in this area bursting.

"Although there will be increased construction traffic on the roads to and from the site during the works, road users and local residents will be pleased to hear that no road traffic management is necessary as all of the work will take place in a field."