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New phase of Wynyard Park housing development underway

Work is underway to open up new areas for housing at the prestigious Wynyard Park development site in County Durham.

Lumsden & Carroll, the specialist civil engineering business which is part of Esh Group, has been appointd to carry out extensive infrastructure works in order to open up the next phase - the Pentagon - of the Wynyard Park site for housing.

Works include building a new dual carriageway which will be the principal link road and hub into the site, and installing a new sewerage system and pumping station.

Matt Johnson, Development Director at Wynyard Park, said: “We’re very pleased this important phase of works on the Wynyard Park site is underway. The new road and sewerage system are vital parts of the development process as they ensure flexibility and provide capacity for growth.

“We have worked many times with Lumsden & Carroll and Esh Group and following the tendering process we were delighted to be able to appoint them to carry out these works on our behalf.”

The twin-piped sewerage system will have an initial capacity to carry foul sewage from 200 homes and ultimately can be commissioned to accommodate waste from around 600 homes.

The development of new homes is a key element of the evolving Wynyard Park masterplan which sets out a vision for the creation of a mixed use community set in attractive woodland where people can live, work, rest and play. The adjacent Wynyard Park business park is currently home to around 70 companies supporting some 2,000 jobs.

Michael Henderson, Director of Lumsden & Carroll, said: “We have completed the first phase of these works - the new dual carriageway - which has enabled us to access the north-west point of the site and route of the sewerage pipelines.

“Work is progressing well to install the pipelines and pumping station, and if the current good spell of weather continues we expect to be completing well on schedule.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Steve Hilton .