Yorkshire Water starts mains replacement in Kirkheaton

Yorkshire Water has begun a £462,000 project to replace almost 1km of water mains in Kirkheaton to improve the resilience and reliability of the area’s network. 

Contract partners Galliford Try and Heffernan’s have begun work at the junction of Town Road and Moorside Road today (Monday 28 July), and will progress down Moorside Road over the course of seven weeks.  

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. Replacing the pipework will improve the reliability of drinking water supply, reduce leakage and prevent water main bursts, helping the utility to deliver a better service for customers. 

Shaun Chapman, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “This scheme forms part of a significant upgrade to our clean water network, and is one of six schemes planned to take place in the Kirklees district in the first year of our five year investment period – totalling over 10km of mains being replaced in the area.” 

For the safety of residents, road users, and colleagues, Yorkshire Water will be using two- or multi-way temporary traffic lights around its working area, which will move down Moorside Road as work progresses. 

Shaun 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.”