Yorkshire Water begins £730,000 water mains replacement in Thirn

Yorkshire Water is beginning a £730,000 project to replace approximately 3.3km of water mains around Thirn today (Monday 9 June).  

The mains will be replaced to 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: “As part of Yorkshire Water’s largest ever investment, we are delivering a significant upgrade to our clean water network. In North Yorkshire alone, we’ll be replacing over 90km of mains across 21 different locations in the first year of our five-year delivery period – with more to come after that.” 

Contract partners United Living are starting work at the junction with Stubbing Nook Lane and will be moving south toward Halfpenny House Lane throughout the project. 

For the safety of residents, road users, and colleagues, the road around the working area will need to be closed. This will move with the work as it progresses, and a signed diversion will be in place. 

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.” 

The project is expected to complete in September 2025.