Nine dumped cars to be removed from Paisley reservoir
A highly complex operation to remove nine old cars abandoned in a reservoir in Gleniffer Braes Country Park in Paisley is underway.
Last updated 2nd Mar 2022
Scottish Water is getting to work today pulling nine abandoned cars from a Paisley reservoir.
They have decided to remove them after a request from the local community.
The water at Gleniffer Braes Country Park has been lowered over the last few weeks and they'll be hoisted out over the next few days.
For health and safety reasons, pathways around the reservoir will be closed off to members of the public while the cars are pulled from the water.
Project Manager Gerry O’Hara said: “We’ve listened to community concerns about the vehicles being in the water and now is the time to act.
“This is such a delicate and sensitive operation and has been months in the planning to ensure there is as little impact on the environment as possible and that our teams are safe.
“Restrictions are in place for everyone’s safety and we would ask visitors to Gleniffer Braes Country Park to respect all signage around the reservoir while these works are carried out.”
Additional mitigation measures will be in place to help avoid any impact on the local water environment, and Ayrshire Rivers Trust will carry out a fish rescue operation.
Once the vehicles have been safely recovered, the water level will be raised back to its normal level.
A small reservoir with an earth embankment dam on the course of the Glen Burn, Lower Glen Dam is one of Scottish Water’s non-operational reservoirs and is not used for supplying customers with drinking water.
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