A public consultation event is to take place at Cheadle Golf Club to find out more about United Utilities' upcoming work at Brookfields Park.

The water company is planning an engineering scheme to reduce the risk of storm water overflowing into local watercourses.

To do this, United Utilities is building a new underground storage tank and installing pipework to connect with the existing infrastructure within Brookfields Park, near to Life Leisure Cheadle.

The new storm tank will hold 500,000 litres and help reduce the number of times the storm overflow operates during periods of heavy rainfall.

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Delivery Manager, Joanne Coote said: "This work is part of our regional Better Rivers strategy and proposed £1.5 billion investment across the North West. Work is expected to start on site in June 2024 and will continue until Summer 2025 during which there will be temporary changes for access, car parking and local footpaths.

"There will also be noticeable changes to the area once the work has been completed including the installation of a concrete path to allow for ongoing maintenance. We aim to keep disruption to a minimum during the works and put the site back to the original condition once work is completed."

Invitations have been posted to local residents in the vicinity, inviting them to the drop in at the function room at Cheadle Golf Club, Shiers Drive on Monday 29 April between 2pm – 6.45pm.