£1.1m mains replacement scheme to start between North Yorkshire villages

Yorkshire Water will begin a £1.1m project to replace over 2.6km of water mains between Hauxwell and Hunton in North Yorkshire on Monday 28 July.  

Replacing the mains will improve reliability of drinking water supply, reduce leakage and prevent water main bursts in the area. The work is part of Yorkshire Water’s £406m investment to replace more than 1,000km of water mains across the region over the next five years. 

Nichola Fairbairn, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “We’re making a huge investment in the clean water network across the region, and North Yorkshire specifically is seeing a significant upgrade to its pipework. In the first year of our mains replacement project, over 90km of pipes will be replaced in this part of the county – with more already planned for the following years.  

Contract partner, United Living, will begin work on Monday 28 July on South View in Hunton, starting at Field House and working towards the junction with Bedale Road. This section of the work is expected to take three weeks to complete. 

To keep everyone safe, the road will be closed around the working area, moving as the project progresses. Diversions will be in place.  

The project will continue in Hunton and in Hauxwell later in the year, when further traffic management details will be shared with local customers. 

Nichola Fairbairn added: “We’ll be working quickly and doing everything that we can to keep disruption to a minimum whilst we deliver this important work. We appreciate everyone’s patience, and the local communities will start benefitting from the scheme soon.” 

Additional mains replacement schemes are already being delivered nearby – a £1.8m scheme between Well and Bedale, and a £1.5m scheme in Brompton-on-Swale.  

The mains replacement scheme forms part of Yorkshire Water’s £8.3bn investment into Yorkshire over the next five years.  

A £6m service reservoir, which holds 2.5m litres of treated drinking water, is also being built in Scotton, to increase resilience of the drinking water network in the area and maintain pressure where demand is increasing.