Tank plans will improve water
Water utility company United Utilities has submitted a planning application for a new underground water storage tank to be built on Fishers Field off Highfield Road.
Highfield councillor Lily Henderson welcomed the project.
She said: “There has long been a need for a water tank in Highfield and when I had a meeting with United Utilities they decided that Fishers Field was the best place to have it.
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Hide Ad“It will hopefully ease flooding around the pavement.The drainage system here has needed doing badly for a number of years. We hope work will be starting within the next month.”A United Utilities spokesman said: “We have recently submitted a planning application for work in Fishers Field. This would involve the construction of a new underground storm water storage tank.