Article: Western Harbour water main gets go-ahead

LEITH'S 200 million pound Western Harbour development moved a step closer today despite fears surrounding pockets of potentially explosive gas at the site.

East of Scotland Water announced it is to press ahead with plans to lay a new water main to the area, which it is hoped will be home to 100,000 people.

The first stage of work will take ten weeks with construction teams laying the pipe from the junction of Constitution Street and Baltic Street to the new development at Tower Place via Constitution Street and Ocean Drive. Disruption to traffic will be minimised with work carried out between 7pm and 6am.

In total, the project will cost GBP 200,000.

The water main is ...

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