A remote-controlled machine is being used to lay an 800m (2,624ft) sewer under the A65 in Ilkley.
A remote-controlled tunnelling machine is being used to lay a new 800m sewer under the A65 in IlkleyWork to halve the amount of sewage discharged into the River Wharfe during periods of bad weather has begun.
A remote-controlled tunnelling machine is being used to lay a new 800m sewer under the A65 in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Yorkshire Water said it would halve the volume of discharges from the town's Rivadale Combined Sewer Overflow and reduce their frequency by 40%.Ben Roche, director of wastewater, said: "Laying a new sewer to accommodate higher flows of wastewater during periods of heavy and prolonged rainfall will ultimately reduce the number and volume of discharges... helping to improve water quality in the Wharfe.
Ahead of the work starting, the remote-controlled tunnelling machine was blessed by Skipton's Reverend Father Christopher Angel.Rev Fr Christopher Angel blessed the tunnelling machinery ahead of the project getting under way A small statue of St Barbara - the patron saint of miners and tunnellers - is also due to be erected at the site.For part of its course the River Wharfe marks the county boundary between West and North Yorkshire.Follow BBC Yorkshire on
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