A programme of pipelaying work has started in Ballymartin, Co Down.

The work is part of a £1.5 million investment to provide new wastewater infrastructure for the local community.

The work involves the laying of around 1800m of new pumping main between the recently constructed pumping station in Ballymartin and another new pumping station which is due to be built adjacent to the Valley Road junction at Blackrock.

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Work is scheduled to last for approximately four weeks.

Dermott McCurdy, head of wastewater capital procurement at NI Water, said: "This pumping main and the pumping station planned for Blackrock will build on the extensive work already carried out in Ballymartin to provide the area with a modern wastewater network. The overall scheme will collect wastewater from the Blackrock and Ballymartin areas and transfer it to Kilkeel for treatment. The new infrastructure will bring about environmental benefits in the area, including removing untreated sewage discharges from the existing sea outfalls, and will accommodate future development in the village for the next 20 years."

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