Mexborough street in line for prestigious regional award

Market Street Mexborough shortlisted for prestigious regional award

A street in Mexborough where a £1million scheme to reduce the risk of sewer flooding to parts of the town was carried out has been shortlisted for a prestigious civil engineering award.

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has announced Market Street, Mexborough, has been shortlisted for recognition in its 2019 Yorkshire and Humber Awards.

The civil and structural design was developed by GHD in conjunction with the Principal Contractor Barhale Construction for a storage tank designed to prevent recurrence of flooding in Mexborough.

The work involves the construction of a large storage tank in land off Market Street, improvements to a nearby combined sewer overflow and the laying of new sewers. The storage tank will be able to store around 400,000 litres of storm water in times of heavy rainfall, before discharging it back into the sewer system when it’s safe to do so.

The project has improved safeguarding and flood resilience for properties that had suffered from flood risk.

Yorkshire Water’s communications advisor, John Bond, said: “This is great news for local customers who can experience flooding during heavy rainfall as it should dramatically reduce the risk of future incidents.

“We are delighted that such a unique civil engineering project has been shortlisted.”