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Aug 2023
Drainage channels installed in £10,000 scheme on Ripon street
Concrete drainage channels have been installed outside homes in Newby Street in Ripon to prevent flooding during wet weather.
The drainage improvement work, costing £10,000, was completed last week after being authorised as one of five additions to the North Yorkshire highways capital forward programme for structural highways maintenance.
The combined total for the additional works is £340,842 and includes an allocation of £60,000 for work on Hampsthwaite Bridge, which is currently closed and under repair.
The Newby Street work is designed to carry rainwater from downpipes and into drains in the street, preventing a back-up of water on pavements.
Prior to the installation rainwater from downpipes, serving 42 brick-built late-Victorian houses, was released directly onto the pavements.
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