Scottish Water is starting work this week on a £1.6 million project to reduce flooding in Milnathort as it continues to work with key partners to reduce the impact of flooding across Scotland.
Scottish Water identified the need to carry out essential upgrades to the sewer network in New Road and South Street to help alleviate local flooding issues.
Andy Ducat, Project Manager, Scottish Water, said:
“We need to increase the capacity of our sewer network so it can hold more water during times of heavy rainfall. This will benefit our customers by helping prevent long term sewer flooding issues in Milnathort.
“To do this we will build two new underground chambers and two new overflow outfalls to the Fochy burn. One chamber will be next to the Cross roundabout and the second in land behind New Road. The two new overflow outfalls will be within the private land close to the new chambers.”
The work will be carried out in three phases by Scottish Water’s alliance partner amey Black & Veatch (aBV). Phase one starts today - the main construction work will take place in the village from the beginning of August until mid-December. Lesser Electrical and Mechanical installation will be completed by the end of February 2016.
This involves the construction of located to the north edge of Burleigh Golf Course, with one being located in private ground behind South Street and the other in private ground behind New Road. This work will only affect residents in these two locations.
The plan is to build the two new outfalls to the Fochy burn and complete phase one before the spawning season for fish starts to ensure the work does not affect their environment. The spawning season is between September and March.
Steve Scott, Regional Community Manager, Scottish Water, said:
“The main focus on waste water investment for Scottish Water is environmental work, such as improving the performance of its storm overflow network and reducing internal and external flooding.”
Scottish Water has invested heavily in Perth & Kinross since forming in 2002. £111million has been spent to improve water and waste water services across the region, with a further £8.5 million still to be invested in the 2010-2015 investment period.
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