First phase of Salford sewer upgrade completed

United Utilities has hit a key milestone in its plans to upgrade the sewer network across Salford.   

The company has been using tunnel boring equipment along Peel Green Road in Eccles to install a new larger sewer in the road to help reduce the risk of flooding in the area.   

This tunnelling work has now been successfully completed, and the road is set to reopen to residents and the public today (22 May) in time for the Bank Holiday weekend.   

With the first phase of the project now complete, future works will focus on connecting the new sewer into the existing network and bringing it into use. These will be delivered under lane closures later in the summer.   

Whilst the work at Peel Green Road focuses on reducing flooding for the local community, United Utilities is investing more than £525m to upgrade the resilience of the sewer network and improve water quality across Salford through a number of projects over the next four years.    

This will include upgrades to its treatments works in Salford and Eccles and additional storage created in the sewer network at a project off Liverpool Road as well as a rainwater management scheme in Adelphi Village.   

Jim Scholes, Delivery Manager for United Utilities, shared: “The work on Peel Green Road is an important part of our wider work at Eccles wastewater treatment works. The completion of tunnelling activities is a big milestone for the area as we look to reduce the flooding risk to the local community. We’d like to thank them for their patience whilst this essential work has been taking place.” 

United Utilities is currently investing more than £13 billion to protect and enhance over 500 kilometres of rivers, lakes and bathing waters, while safeguarding drinking water supplies for millions of customers.