Flood Prevention News
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have installed new flood prevention drains to prevent torrents of water from devastating gardens and threatening homes. The measures are designed to divert thousands of gallons of water that had been inundating two houses near Blackburn in Lancashire up to three times a year. Dave and Julia Mangan, who…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group have repaired a theatre’s drainage system in time for the launch of a specially socially distanced festive panto. They have installed new cast iron pipework at the Theatre Royal Plymouth so its pantomime, Robinson Crusoe, can go ahead without the risk of flooding. Like other venues across the UK, the…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have rehabilitated the drainage system at a primary school as part of a major refurbishment programme. The Lanes Bristol depot was commissioned to install 33 local structural repairs (LSRs), known as patch drain liners, and five full liners in foul and surface water drains at Brentry Primary School in…
Drainage and utility specialist Lanes Group plc has welcomed a new official standard for wet wipes that can be flushed down toilets safely – but is keen to see a complete ban on all non-degradable wet wipes. Industry body Water UK has teamed up with Anglian Water and other water companies to create the new…
Drainage engineers have cleaned highway interceptors on the A30 in Cornwall as part of a planned maintenance programme designed to reduce the risk of flooding during heavy rain. The teams based at Lanes Group plc’s depot in Plymouth, Devon, have been carrying out the work on the trunk road near Launceston on behalf of Ringway,…
400 tonnes of silt and debris, including large tree branches, removed from just one culvert in Derby Culvert clean is designed to reduce the risk of highway flooding this winter Major culvert clearance is part of Highway England’s new asset-led approach to maintenance and delivery Lanes used powerful Superflex wet-dry vacuumation capability to remove 25…
A sewer rehabilitation team from Lanes Group has met challenging working timeframes to complete a project that has reduced sewer flooding risks in a Scottish city. The company was commissioned, by Scottish Water, to clean and line a combined sewer downstream of the Fisherman’s Car Park close to Inverness town centre, and right alongside the…
Lanes Group has cured flood problems that had caused damage worth thousands of pounds at a builder’s merchant yard. Drainage engineers from the Lanes Bristol depot were called in to investigate persistent flooding at the premises run by a national building supplies chain. Lanes Bristol Operations Manager Andy Edwards said: “The flooding was affected the…
