Scottish Water is getting ready to start work an a major £750,000 investment upgrading the sewer network in the Cathcart area of Glasgow to help reduce the risk of flooding.
Scottish Water is getting ready to start work an a major £750,000 investment upgrading the sewer network in the Cathcart area of Glasgow to help reduce the risk of flooding.
The work, which will begin on Monday 6 June, will take around three months to re-line and reinforce the sewer under the Margaretta Buildings in Cathcart.
The project will address long-standing internal flooding issues for properties in the area and will include excavations up to six metres below ground to access the existing sewer.
Georgina Reid, Scottish Water’s corporate affairs manager in the west, said:
“Internal sewer flooding can be devastating and distressing for customers and delivering solutions is a priority for Scottish Water in these instances.”
Civil engineers George Leslie Ltd are delivering the project, which will also see teams working inside the actual sewer pipe itself.
The project will be carried out in two phases to enable an initial repair on the sewer in Clarkston Road –both phases will last for approximately six weeks respectively.
However, Scottish Water is warning that the programme could be subject to delay and may change if international supply chain issues arise around components arriving from the Middle East.
Phase one will deliver 80% of the benefit to customers. The second phase of works may be postponed until this time next year if significant supply chain delays occur.
“Internal sewer flooding can be devastating and distressing for customers and delivering solutions is a priority for Scottish Water in these instances.”
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