Yorkshire Water starts £2.8m mains replacement in Rawdon

Yorkshire Water has begun a £2.8m project to replace 3.6km of water mains in Rawdon. 

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. 

Victoria Corbett, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “As part of Yorkshire Water’s £8.3bn investment into Yorkshire over the next five years, we are delivering a significant upgrade to our clean water network, which includes 238km of mains being replaced in Yorkshire over the next 12 months alone. 

“Back in May, we experienced a burst water main on Harrogate Road, Rawdon which resulted in a road closure and temporary loss of supply for some customers in the area. This work will help to reduce the likelihood of further bursts and disruption.” 

Project partners, OCU Group, have begun work on Harrogate Road at the junction with Leeds Road, and will be working to beyond the junction with Green Lane. For the safety of residents, road users, and colleagues, there will be two- or multi-way traffic lights in place around the working area as it moves. The work on Harrogate Road is expected to take until the end of the year. 

A second team is also working on Quakers Lane.  The two teams will also be working on Greenacre Park, Greenacre Park Avenue, Greenacre Park Rise, Greenacre Park Mews, Windmill Lane and Green Lane, in the coming months. 

The full project is expected to complete in spring 2026. 

Victoria 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’ll be completing the section outside Benton Park school during the school holidays, so we don’t disrupt school drop-off and pick-up in the remaining weeks of the school year.”  

Yorkshire Water recently held a drop-in event on 9 July at Greenacre Hall to speak with residents impacted by the work and explain all of the work that will take place over the coming months.