Contract for Chester-le-Street Flood Alleviation Scheme

This procurement exercise is for a contract for Chester-le-Street Flood Alleviation Scheme. The market town of Chester-le-Street has a history of flooding with recent major events occurring in 1979, 1996 and 2012 with local residential property, businesses and infrastructure significantly affected. Current formal flood defences protect the town of Chester-le-Street from flooding from the Cong Burn, these defences consist of a flood wall along Pelton Fell Road and a primary screen which is situated upstream of a lon...