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United utilities unveils £70m Morecambe plan

Source: www.insidermedia.com

United Utilities has unveiled a £70m plan to upgrade its wastewater treatment works in Morecambe in an effort to improve the area’s coastal waters and beaches.The utilities giant intends to build two large storm water storage tanks and new pumps at its Schola Green Pumping Station, upgrade Morecambe Wastewater Treatment Works at Middleton, and lay a 7km sewer pipe between the two sites.The proposed new sewer pipe will run from Schola Green Pumping Station, underneath the railway line, around Morecambe FC’s ground, along Westcliffe Drive, and across the Heysham Bypass and Middleton Road before entering Morecambe Treatment Works.Work on the project is due to start this spring and take four years to complete.