Protected: Royal Oak & Longsight Park Tunnel (2025)
Enhancing water quality of the River Irwell through innovative wastewater storage at combined sewer overflow sites across Bolton
The Royal Oak (top of picture) and Longsight Park (bottom) sites, separated by Bradshaw Brook. The third location, Firwood, to which the detention tunnel is linked, is situated 900m to the south - Courtesy of Ward & Burke
The editor and publishers would like to thank Liam Eagle, Senior Design Engineer with Ward & Burke Construction Ltd for providing the above article for publication. The author thanks Maggie Whiteford, Project Manager with United Utilities, for her input and assistance with this case study
