First stage finishes in £48m sewer upgrade to provide more stormwater storage
A giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) has completed the first stage of its underground journey from Moor Pool to Knutsford Wastewater Treatment Works as part of United Utilities’ £48m upgrade to the sewer network.
The 40-tonne machine - named ‘Lily’ by pupils at Bexton Primary School after the nearby River Lily - began its journey from Parkgate Industrial Estate before breaking through at Knutsford Wastewater Treatment Works.
The boring machine will now return to Parkgate before embarking on the second part of its journey -... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
