£1.1m mains replacement scheme starts at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor

Yorkshire Water has begun a £1.1m project to replace 3.2km of clean water mains in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor today (27 October), to improve the resilience and reliability of the local network.  

The work is part of Yorkshire Water’s £406m investment to replace more than 1,000km of water mains across the region between 2025 and 2030 – a programme which will improve the reliability of supply, reduce leakage, and prevent burst water mains in the future. 

In Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, mains will be replaced on Howden Road, Port Royal, Skiff Lane, and a small section in Holme Industrial Estate. 

Alex Spivey, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “We are delivering a significant upgrade to our clean water network as part of our largest environmental investment ever of £8.3bn across the county over the next five years.” 

The project will be completed over the course of four months by contract partners M Group.  

Alex added: “We’ve worked with local highways teams and temporary traffic lights will be in place throughout to ensure that the work is safe for local residents, road users and colleagues, which will move as the mains replacement progresses.  

“We’ll be working as quickly as we can to keep disruption to the local community to a minimum and would like to thank local residents for their patience whilst we carry out this important work.” 

Almost 40km of mains renewal will take place in the East Riding of Yorkshire over the next two years. The utility is working towards completing plans for the remaining three years of the five-year programme.