VILLAGERS have somewhere new to sit and relax after having to put up with months of inconvenience.
Yorkshire Water has thanked residents of Hutton Sessay, near Thirsk, for their patience during a £400,000 sewer revamp by donating two park benches.
Last July, company engineers started work on a new pumping station to transfer sewage from the village to the treatment plant at Dalton Eldmire.
Engineers then replaced the sewers that serve the village to reduce the risk of flooding. To thank residents for their patience during the work, the engineers donated park benches to Hutton Sessay and Sessay.
Project manager Alan Woodhouse said: "This scheme saw us in the area for over eight months, and if it were not for the great co-operation and patience of the local residents, we would have not been able to carry out this scheme as successfully as we did.
"We hope the community enjoy our donation."
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