Issue 195 - North Down BT18 •BT19 • BT20 • BT21
NI Water to undertake programme of sewer upgrades in Bangor The sewerage system in the Ward Park, Castle Street, Hamilton Road and Springfield Avenue areas of Bangor is to benefit from a 10-week programme of improvements by NI Water. The work – which recently got underway by NI Water’s appointed contractor GEDA Construction, will involve repairs to existing manholes followed by the relining of sewers from the same manholes by trenchless means (underground technology) to minimise disruption. These essential repairs form part of an overall programme of work by NI Water to strengthen the existing sewerage network in Bangor to protect against blockages and reduce the risk of outof-sewer flooding. The work will be completed in two phases as follows: • The first phase of work will involve the repair of manholes on Castle Street (at Castle Park Road juncThe Wildlife Group at Montgomery Court & Manor in Bangor have transformed the gardens of a sheltered housing scheme owned and managed by Alpha Housing
Bangor seniors get sheltered housing scheme garden on right path!
Back in June 2019 the Advertiser featured an article about a group of people in Bangor who were concerned about our continuing loss of native wildlife, and had decided to do something about it by improving the areas around their homes for nature. This was the Wildlife Group at Montgomery Court & Manor in Bangor, a sheltered housing scheme owned and managed by Alpha Housing.
So, more than four years later we asked their spokesperson, Victor Allister, how they’d got on? “Pretty well I think, given that none of us had
done anything like this before, but as we learned along the way, the basics were a mix of habitats, food, shelter and water. We recently counted
about 70 native flowering plants around the place.
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tion), in Ward Park and on Springfield Avenue (at Hamilton Road junction). This work is planned to get underway during the week commencing 24th July 2023 and will last approximately 6 weeks. • The second phase of work will see the improvement of sewers by trenchless lining methods from the repaired manholes. This work is planned to get underway during the week commencing 4th September 2023 and will last approximately 4 weeks. For both phases of work, localised traffic and pedestrian management will be required around work areas to protect the public and ensure the repairs are carried out as safely as possible.