More than a million pounds is set to be invested into preventing storm overflows in a North Yorkshire village.
The £1.4 million pound Yorkshire Water led project is set to take place in Scrayingham, between York and Malton, and will reduce the number of storm water discharges into the river Derwent from an overflow in the village.
A spokesperson for Yorkshire Water said: “By creating 600 metres of new surface water sewers, rainwater will go straight to the river, rather than going through the existing sewer and combining with wastewater.
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