By New £500m Scunthorpe pipeline given the go ahead
A new £500m Scunthorpe has been given the green light
Work on the new 500km pipeline that is being built to carry water from wetter parts of north Lincolnshire, Scunthorpe, to drier areas in Suffolk and Essex is set to step up a gear over the next few months as new planning applications for the scheme are submitted.
Last month Anglian Water formally submitted plans for the 70km section of the pipe from Bexwell, near Downham Market in west Norfolk, to Bury St Edmunds.
Anglian Water
The new half-billion-pound pipeline could help to make hosepipe bans rarer in East Anglia – despite fears that global warming could bring weather changes that make water supplies more fragile.
The pipeline will run from near Scunthorpe to Colchester and is expected to be completed by March 2025.
In AW’s Statement of Community Involvement, it says: “This new network of interconnecting pipelines will allow us to move water more freely around the region in stages, from areas of water surplus in north Lincolnshire down to the south and east of our region, where it is less readily available.
“The new sections of pipeline will improve the flow of water around the entire East Anglia water network – increasing resilience for thousands of our customers.
“Many areas are on a single source of water supply and this addition to our network will have benefits for all our communities and businesses.”
