An 18-month project to end flooding in Airdrie by increasing waste water capacity is entering its final phase.Scottish Water is preparing to install new pipes and manholes at Craigneuk Avenue over an 11-week period beginning on Monday, as they complete the £11.5m relief project.It has already seen the installation of a vast new storm tank, installed 19 metres below Craigneuk Park beside the town’s football stadium, to provide extra storage capacity during heavy rainfall.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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It followed flash floods earlier that year which saw 16 homes evacuated and streets turn into rivers when Craigneuk and neighbouring Petersburn were deluged by 21 millimetres of rain in just an hour in a torrential 3am thunderstorm.
Now the final phase of the project – due to be completed in April – will complete the work to increase the area’s flood water capacity to prevent similar incidents in the future.A spokesman for Scottish Water told Lanarkshire Live: “Sewer flooding can cause a great deal of distress for people and this project will benefit a number of residents in the area who have been affected in the
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