Scottish Water is getting ready to start work on a £2 million upgrade of the sewer in Airdrie to support a new housing development and reduce the risk of future sewer flooding.

Drone image of residential area showing houses, roads, and green spaces

The project will be delivered by the publicly owned utility’s commercial subsidiary Scottish Water Horizons and MacKenzie Construction - Scottish Water Horizons will begin setting up a site compound for the project today.

The £2 million project to upgrade the waste water infrastructure, which includes upsizing the local sewer, will support a new housing development and reduce the risk of future sewer flooding in the Glenmavis area of Airdrie,

The upgrade will be carried out in three phases:

Phase 1 - Construct a 107m long, 1050mm diameter pipe

Phase 2 - Implement a 168m, 150mm diameter, reinforcement sewer; plus, a 220m long, 225mm diameter, reinforcement sewer along Coatbridge Road and Glenmavis Road

Phase 3 - Construct a 50m length, 525mm diameter, reinforcement storage pipe

The project which will see the installation of nearly 500 metres of new pipework will take approximately nine months to complete.