Work on the new underground water storage tank started in Victory Field this week and is expecting to go on until Spring next year. We have been reassured that access to the Tithebarn Workshops will not be affected and you will still be able to enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the Barton Farm Country Park…

It does appear that the football pitch nearest the hole is a bit more compact, but so far so good!

Wessex Water will install the new storage tank to improve the health of the river by ensuring the system can cope with rapid increases in wastewater flow after heavy rains. More than 160,000 litres of extra storage will be built below ground to prevent the combined sewer from overflowing to the river Avon when there’s a heavy storm. This will hopefully help with things at the Workshops too as, over the years, we have had a number of watery issues.

We’ll try and take a number of shots of the hole over the coming months to show the progress.