Lanarkshire road to close for EIGHT WEEKS from today after sewer collapse

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A busy East Kilbride road is to be closed for eight weeks for works to improve the local sewer network and protect against flooding.A section of sewer, approximately 6m long close to East Kilbride Cemetery, has collapsed and needs replaced.To carry this out Scottish Water will need to close Mavor Avenue at its junction with the roundabout on the B783 East Mains Road from today (Monday, July 18) for approximately eight weeks.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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The situation will be kept under constant review outside of these times and remedial action taken if required.Scottish Water appreciates there is likely to be disruption for local residents and businesses and said it will do all that can be done to communicate with everyone who may be affected, particularly local schools as they return from the summer holidays.Georgina Reid, Scottish Water’s corporate affairs manager in the west said: “As always, we will do all that we can to complete