CONSTRUCTION works are due to start on a £7 million flood alleviation scheme for Ross-on-Wye in September.
Major works needing to be carried include the construction of a 350m long, 2.1m diameter tunnel running between Homs Road and Kings Acre car parks. This tunnel, termed an inverted siphon, will be 10m below ground and construction of it will take place between September, 2007 and April, 2008.
Other works include general channel improvements to Rudhall Brook at the Rope Walk Meadow. Here excavation will take place to widen the brook to take the higher water flows caused by flooding.
A 3.5m by 1.5m by 150m long culvert will be erected below the railway embankment at Chatterley Brook and a culvert will be constructed at the caravan park. A water storage area will be created to the east of the A40 by the construction of a 1.7m high earth bund.
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