Emergency Drainage Services

Gateshead Council seeks external support for critical drainage and waste management services due to temporary staff unavailability. Services required include: (1) clearing blocked drains and bin chutes in council-owned residential properties to maintain housing standards and avoid displacing residents; (2) responding to out-of-hours highway drainage emergencies to keep the road network operational. These essential services prevent properties becoming uninhabitable and maintain public infrastructure. The council has no internal capacity to cover this period and requires experienced drainage contractors capable of rapid response, particularly for emergency highway drainage issues outside standard business hours.