£11m plan for sewage spill issues

PLEDGE PRAISED BY COUNCILLORS

- By EDWARD BARNES

UNITED Utilities is to spend £11m investigating the sewer network under Liverpool, Bromborough, and Birkenhead.

The company said the work was to better understand issues as the water company looks to cut down on the number of sewage spills.

Roughly 85% of sewers in Merseyside are combined sewers. This means rainwater combines with sewage when draining away, leading to more sewage spills in effort to stop waste backing up into people’s homes.

The details of the investigation were revealed during a discussion over plans to dig up three roads in Wirral at a Wirral Council environment committee meeting on December 2.

United Utilities, in partnership with the council, is looking to develop Beryl Road, Noctorum Avenue, and Ormond Way in what is believed to be one of the largest schemes of its kind.