Thanks Phil for your reply! The problem is that the pipe that runs under the footpath from the Vic Pub that takes all gullies down to the park, then through the park to Pearl Brook has been capped and the rest of pipe removed? But it’s good to see after many years the prob being dealt with. Thanks👍

So it looks like the whole original pipe from where it’s been capped, to the fence at Pearl Ind estate has been removed? It would have flowed to Pearl Brook in the past, but instead, the contaminated water has flowed to ground through the blue ground drain contaminating a public park??
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On top of the cutting was the answer to the many yrs flooding problem? A new plastic pipe attached to the old clay pipe, then capped and concreted with a metal pin in front. The blue ground drain attached to the plastic pipe is running against the flow??
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This one pipe takes all the gullies from The Vic Pub to the park entrance. I had a look in the cutting, then noticed that in the excavated soil that there was no sign of the original old clay pipe?
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Work is underway on the flooding problem at the Old Station Park CNR entrance. Having worked on Bolton Council main drainage for a number of years I had to have a look, and was quite amused at what I saw? 🧵
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@philbrickellmp.bsky.social 20+ yrs and still the same? Survey after survey won’t fix the pipe that’s been damaged on the Old Station Park. The paths are dangerous and you end up playing chicken with the cars. 1st Nov 25. #Horwich #Flood