Mains replacement scheme set to start in Grassington

Yorkshire Water is set to begin a £480,000 project to replace approximately 600m of water mains in Grassington, North Yorkshire, on Monday 8 September, to improve the resilience and reliability of the area’s network. 

The work is part of Yorkshire Water’s £406m investment to replace more than 1,000km of water mains across the region as part of its £8.3bn investment in infrastructure over the next five years. In North Yorkshire, more than 90km of pipework will be replaced in the first year alone.  

Nichola Fairbairn, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “Replacing the mains in Grassington will improve reliability of drinking water supply, reduce leakage and prevent water main bursts, helping us to deliver a better service for our customers in the area.”  

Contract partners United Living will begin work on Monday 8 September on Raines Meadows and within private land next to the B6160 at the junction of Skirethorns Lane. Temporary traffic lights will be in place around the working areas on both roads for the safety of residents, road users, and colleagues.  

There will be road closures on Garrs Lane and Main Street later on in the project. These are expected to start on 22 September for around six weeks. 

Nichola 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 thank everyone in the area for their patience.”  
 
The project in Grassington is the latest mains replacement scheme to start in North Yorkshire with many already underway, including around the villages of Thirn, Bedale and Well, Hauxwell and Hunton, and Levisham.