Views sought on £114m water plans

PLANS are to be unveiled of the biggest waste-water overhaul in Oldham for decades — designed to bring a cleaner River Irk for fish and wildlife.

United Utilities is inviting residents to find out more about the £114million scheme, revealed by the Evening Chronicle in October, in two public exhibitions.

The exhibitions will be at St Paul’s Parish Centre, Church Street, Royton, next Wednesday (3.30-6.30pm) and at Kingfisher Community Special School, Foxdenton Lane, Chadderton, the following day (4.30-7.30pm).

Members of the United Utilities project team will be on hand to discuss the plans and answer any questions.

Project manager Geraud Ramond said: “Oldham is a major population centre and its waste water treatment plants have been helping to keep the town and its watercourses clean since the 1930s.

“New European rules mean we have to treat the water to much higher standards.”

If the plans are approved, United Utilities hopes to start work in winter 2014/15 with the scheme completed by spring 2017.