Severn Trent’s kicked off an accelerated £450m region-wide programme of investment, where once complete, spills from active storm overflows will reduce by 20 per cent a year - with work in Shropshire well underway.The company has committed to going further and faster, to reduce the use of overflows and has embarked on a programme of work to 900 locations to be completed across the Midlands this year alone.
The work will see a series of projects to reduce spills from overflows, benefitting Shropshire’s waterways. Emma Walmsley, Senior Project Manager at Severn Trent said: “Our customers want us to go as quickly as possible to reduce spills from overflows, and we’re doing just that. We’re working round the clock, finding new and agile ways of delivering complex schemes quicker, and this project in Shropshire is a great example of that.
900 locations will benefit this year alone across the Midlands, with plenty set to come for Shropshire.