A £2m project to help prevent sewage from entering a town’s rivers has almost finished, with a road closure for the works now lifted.

The 400,000l underground tank will hold excess sewage water during storms in Warminster, Wiltshire, stopping it from overflowing into the Were and Wylye rivers.

The works meant part of Weymouth Street in the town centre was closed off in one direction for a year.

A car park and footpath above the tank will be reinstated over the next couple of weeks.