Dwr Cymru Welsh Water to invest £3.2m to upgrade Llanelli and Burry Port area sewer network

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water will invest £3.2m to upgrade the sewer network in the Llanelli and Burry Port area, UK.

Under the project, the company will replace the 3.5km rising main wastewater pipe that runs from Burry Port to Pwll.

It will help in reducing the risk of potential bursts, flooding and pollution and brings long term benefits.

The Millennium Coastal Park requires the majority of the work and is scheduled to be completed by summer 2014.

While the work is carried out, there will be no impact on the wastewater service to local people and the Millennium Coastal Path will remain open throughout.

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water capital delivery manager Paul James said this is an important element of its programme of wastewater improvements for the Burry Port estuary area.

"We have been working closely for some time with the Millennium Coastal Park and Carmarthenshire County Council in planning this work to ensure the impact on visitors to the Park is minimised," James said.

"We have planned the route of the new main carefully. Having discussed the options with the Millennium Coastal Path and Carmarthenshire Council and our contract partners Lewis Civil Engineering, we have planned to avoid the main path and to protect the diverse local environment from major disruption.

"We have programmed our work to complete before for the National Eisteddfod commences in another section of the Park."