WORK on a sewer that is three times the length of an athletic track has been completed in Didcot.

The complex feat of engineering has been built to support 6,000 new homes at Great Western Park and Valley Park.

Specialist tunnelling machinery was used to lay 1,200 metres of pipe.

The multi-million-pound project, one of the largest of its kind in the Thames Valley and part-funded by SSE Water, has also recently been nominated for ‘Partnership Initiative of the Year’ at the Water Industry Achievement Awards.

Mark Yates, Thames Water’s project manager, said: “It’s satisfying to know our new sewer will help support development in the Thames Valley.

“It’s a credit to all involved that we’re delivering this project on time and on budget – the team should be very proud of their achievement. We see ourselves as planning for and enabling growth in the region.”

The new sewer will also serve to free up capacity of existing sewer pipes, allowing waste from an additional 1,000 homes to enter the network.