Yorkshire Water invests £1.49m to replace mains at Loxley Road, Sheffield

Works is underway on a project to renew clean water mains at Loxley Road this week as part of a £1.49m investment in the Sheffield suburb.

Yorkshire Water contract partners Sapphire Utility Solutions (SUS) are on site at Loxley Road, on the junction of Rodney Hill as part of a scheme to replace 3.4km of clean water pipes.  

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

Shaun Chapman, project manager, Yorkshire Water, said: “This is one of a number of schemes across Sheffield to provide a resilient and robust water mains network and represents our largest network investment of the last two decades. 

“We also have mains replacement schemes taking place in Heathfield and Cobnar Road as part of our year one activity in Sheffield.  We have identified 18 mains renewal schemes planned for the city over the next two years to replace over 43km (43,360m). This will focus on areas where we have experienced more frequent bursts and these pipes will be replaced with a more resilient network that will reduce the risk of this happening in the future.”

The first part of this project starts at Loxley Road starting at the junction of Rodney Hill and finishing on the junction of Wisewood Road in July.  Yorkshire Water has worked closely with local authority highways teams to make sure that temporary lights, and signed diversions are in place to keep everyone safe.

 Local residents will be informed of the details of schemes in their area and of any parking restrictions and Yorkshire Water thanks them for their patience whilst these important improvements are carried out.