KMI gets Preston contract

The £114m (US$184) Preston storm water contract was last month awarded to KMI Water. The project involves the construction of a 3.5km tunnel that will hold 40 million litres of storm water to prevent the River Ribble from overflowing.

KMI, a joint venture

between Kier, J Murphy and Interserve Project Services,

were awarded the contract by United Utilities.

A new terminal pumping station will be constructed at Penwortham. It will connect the 30m below ground tunnel to a wastewater treatment works facility in Clifton Marsh.

The tunnel will include five sewer overflow shafts to spill flows into the new Interceptor / Storage tunnel system via connecting micro-tunnels.

The project is expected to be completed in late spring 2012.