10 September 2009
Essential work to relieve sewer flooding in Mab Lane, West Derby is progressing well thanks to United Utilities.
The company is building an underground storage tank in land adjacent to Mab Lane - which is designed to capture excess water during heavy rainfall - and laying an additional 1,100 metres of pipeline as part of an £8 million investment plan to improve the reliability of Liverpool's sewer network.
The project, which started in May, is being carried out in phases.
The latest phase is due to start on Monday, September 14 and is expected to take approximately three to four weeks to complete.
Engineers will be laying pipes from the junction of Mab Lane with Playfield Road up to the junction of Feltwood Road with Playfield Road.
Whilst work on Mab Lane is being carried out a single lane closure will be in place and will be controlled by two-way temporary traffic lights.
The work on Playfield Road will result in a 100-metre section of the road being closed to through traffic so that engineers can work safely.
This closure will affect vehicle access to properties but arrangements will be made wherever possible to assist.
Pedestrian access will be maintained during this phase of work.
Carly Ratcliffe, United Utilities' Project Manager, said: "This essential work will be of great benefit to the properties which, in the past, have experienced the distress and inconvenience caused by sewer flooding.
"We have been working closely with the local council and 2020 Liverpool to keep both the traffic management and visual impact to the community woodland to an absolute minimum.
"We will also continue to communicate with customers directly as work progresses and we will endeavour to carry out our work as quickly and efficiently as possible."
This scheme is part of United Utilities' £2.9 billion water quality and environmental improvement programme for 2005-2010.
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