The drains can take the strain when it rains in Lyneham

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Maintaining the highway is about more than fixing tarmac, cleaning signs, trimming back hedges and grass... our crews also have to keep what lies beneath the surface in good order too.

Here they are in Lyneham pumping and jetting out the drains so that the rain has a clear escape route and doesn't have to hang about on the road for too long.

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