Hear about wave of investment

02/06/2005

Customers now have the chance to learn how a multi-million pound scheme will improve bathing waters of a Cleveland coastal town.

Northumbrian Water has published an eight-page leaflet with detail about its £6.7 million project for Redcar which will benefit thousands of residents and more than one million visitors a year.

Interested customers are invited to drop in at one of two information days to find out more about the improvement works and to answer any questions they may have.

Drop in sessions at:
9-0 Club on West Dyke Road, Redcar, Wednesday 8 June from 4.00pm - 8.00pm
Zetland Park Methodist Church Hall, The Crescent, Thursday 9 June from 4.00pm - 8.00pm

Two underground storage tanks, to increase the capacity within the sewerage network and reduce overflow to the sea in times of heavy rainfall, will be installed at two locations.

The work to install the tanks will begin on Monday 6 June 2005 and take up to 14 months to complete.  One of the tanks will be in the grounds of Redcar and Cleveland College adjacent to Locke Road and the other will be on The Stray, opposite Zetland Park.

To blend in with the surroundings the top of the tanks will be below ground level.  All that will be visible on completion of the work will be a number of small access covers and roads required for inspection and maintenance.

David Groark, Northumbrian Water’s Project Manager, said:  “This work is part of a one-billion pound improvement programme that Northumbrian Water will be carrying out over the next five years to improve the drinking water and sewerage network throughout the North East.

“For this particular scheme, we have carried out extensive consultation with the residents of Redcar and the two locations chosen are their preferred sites.”

For further information please contact Joanne Dye on 0191 301 6733.