Pendle stormwater storage tank nearing completion | Lancashire Telegraph
A £75million investment project to create a vast new underground stormwater storage tank is progressing well in East Lancashire
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A £75million investment project to create a vast new underground stormwater storage tank is progressing well in East Lancashire
Nearly £50million is being invested to improve the rivers and water treatment plants in East Lancashire.
Some £40m. is to be invested in Burnley and Hyndburn’s wastewater treatment plants to improve Pendle Water and the River Calder.
Flood alerts have been issued in Burnley, Padiham, Pendle and Whalley as river levels continue to rise following heavy rainfall.
The water company has outlined plans for a three-year ‘upgrade’ project, costing more than £60 million. If permission is granted, the impact on the Woodend Road area of Reedley is said to be ‘huge’ with the tanks protruding 40 feet out of the ground and just 20 metres from residents’ front doors. The work will also see trees removed along with tons of soil and spoil, some of which contains Japanese knotweed, balsam and asbestos. Carole Johnson, a Woodend Road resident, said: “We were first made aware of this by a resident who found a document dated May 21, which by this t...