Yorkshire Water starts £735k mains replacement in Jump

Yorkshire Water starts work on a £735k project to replace 1.5km of water mains in Jump, Barnsley this week. 

Mains renewal 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.  

Shaun Chapman, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “Yorkshire water is delivering a significant upgrade to its clean water network, starting with 238km of mains being replaced in Yorkshire over the next 12 months alone.  This is part of our largest environmental investment ever of £8.3bn across the whole of Yorkshire over the next five years. 

“Barnsley is one of the priority areas for this work that will help us to deliver the quality and reliability of service that our customers expect as a robust and durable network reduces the likelihood of bursts and loss of supply.”  

Contract partners Galliford Try and Heffernan Utilities began on site on Monday 14 April replacing pipes on Wentworth Road, starting at the junction of Cobcar Lane working towards Cemetery Road. This section should complete mid-May. 

Shaun added: “We’ve worked with local highways teams and temporary traffic lights will be in place throughout to ensure that the work is safe for local residents, road users and colleagues, which will move as the mains replacement progresses. 

“We’ll be working as quickly as we can to keep disruption to the local community to a minimum whilst we deliver this important work. We thank everyone in the area for their patience in advance and we’ll be notifying residents of the next stages closer to the time.”