£2.8m sewers upgrade on key city roads

Works to strengthen and improve the sewerage system in Peterborough will begin next week with road works hitting a number of city routes.

Anglian Water engineers will start the £2.8 million scheme to improve the network on Monday.

As part of the sewer rehabilitation project, the region’s water company will see more than 435m of sewer pipe in the Potters Way area of Peterborough

strengthened, helping to improve the life of the pipe.

There will be road closures throughout the summer and autumn, and a lane closure on a Peterborough parkway.

Anglian Water’s staff, who are classed by the Government as key workers, have continued with essential work throughout the lockdown.

Lee Forth, Anglian Water’s technical manager, said: “Our staff have continued to work hard, on projects just like this, to ensure that our services have continued as normal for our customers right across the region.

“These pipes take most of Peterborough’s waste water away, which can be as much as 4,000 litres per second, so the work is critical to ensure thousands of customers can continue to flush their toilets and use their washing machines without a second thought.”

To ensure the safety of staff and local road users, traffic management will be in place at various points throughout the scheme. The most noticeable of which will include a lane closure of Frank Perkins Parkway, which will be in place from 24 - 28 August 2020.

Temporary road closures will also be in place on Bishops Road, Potters Way, Hammonds Drive, and Miller Way, with traffic management dates subject to change dependant on the progression of works.

The project started on July 13, with work expected to be completed by October.

Further information can also be found on the Anglian Water’s website at: https://www. anglianwater.co.uk/pottersway.

The scheme will see work at: Hammonds Drive - 15 July

2020 - 25 September 2020 (road closure)

Potters Way - 20 July 2020 11 September 2020 (road closure)

Bishops Road - August 2, 2020 and September 6 (one day only)

Frank Perkins Parkway - August 24 - 28 August (lane closure)

Miller Way - 25 September 2020 - 16 October 2020 (road closure)