Work is continuing on a £1 million project to reduce the risk of sewer fooding in Keighley, West Yorkshire.

Yorkshire Water and its contract partners, Barhale and Indepth Civils, have been inspecting and surveying sewers in the town and repairing them if they find problems. The project involves relining damaged sewers, replacing broke pipes/gullies as well as replacing leaf guards. Yorkshire Water will also be checking any disused drains from old outside toilets and washing blocks are properly disconnected.

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John Grogan, MP for Keighley, recently spent an afternoon with engineers to view their work on the £1m project.

Jonathan Lemoine, Yorkshire Water's Project Manager, said: "We're giving Keighley's sewers a big health check to make sure they're flowing properly and repairing any damage that could cause flooding issues. We'll be working around the town until April so you might see us working away on your street."

John Grogan MP said: "I spent a fascinating hour with Yorkshire Water staff and their contractors on Mornington Street. Local residents in this area of Keighley have long complained about sewage overflows and flooding. Most of the pipework there had probably not been touched for the best part of a century.

"Yorkshire Water are taking a proactive approach rather than acting as and when individual complaints are received. In the long run, this must be a more cost-effective strategy."

(LM/MH)