Broken sewers in Shefford step closer to being fixed after Anglian Water site visit

The visit was completed after pressure from Hitchin Member of Parliament Alistair Strathern, who discussed the issue at a meeting with residents earlier this month.

Mr Strathern told the Chronicle: "Residents in Shefford have for months been left paying the price for decades of underinvestment by Anglian Water.

"It beggared belief that months after the fault was identified, repairs were not scheduled.

"After my office intervened, I’m glad Anglian Water finally got on site to properly investigate the problem and set provisional dates for repairs.

"I’ll be pressing them to deliver these as quickly as possible and consider what action they can take to make good to local residents the inconvenience they have suffered."

At the meeting with Mr Strathern, topics including the potholes in Old Bridge Way, which hit national headlines this week, and the health centre were also discussed.

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