Severn Trent is investing more than half a million pounds to upgrade two sewage pumping stations close to the A6 in Milford, Derbyshire.
The first part of the project will see work on the sports ground pumping station start in February, followed in early May by a similar scheme near Milford Bridge.
Graham Robinson, who is leading the project for Severn Trent commented:
“This is really important work to upgrade the equipment at our pumping stations which are essential in helping us to take waste water away from customers’ homes.
“At the moment we’re having to carry out maintenance visits to both sites every couple of weeks which can cause disruption as they’re really close to the main road.
“Once the equipment is upgraded we’ll only need to visit once a month at first and, eventually, even less frequently than that so the aim to cause much less disruption for customers and other drivers.”
While the work is carried out at the sports ground pumping station the company will need to close a lane of the A6 to allow engineers to work safely.
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