£1.8m mains replacement work starts in Tadcaster

A £1.8m mains replacement project is underway in Tadcaster from today (12 January), as part of a wider £406m investment in replacing more than 1,000km of water mains across Yorkshire by 2030.

Replacing 2.7km of mains, the scheme will improve reliability of drinking water supply, reduce leakage, and prevent water main bursts in the area.

Nichola Fairbairn, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “We are undertaking a huge upgrade to our clean water infrastructure, with 238km of mains set to be replaced by the end of the first year of the current investment programme. We’re prioritising poor performing mains that are prone to leakage and bursts – in North Yorkshire, that means over 90km will be replaced by April.”

Contract partner United Infrastructure will be replacing the mains pipework in Tadcaster on the A659 Toulston Grange to Headley Bar Road, and on a small section of Station Road.

The work is part of Yorkshire Water’s £8.3bn investment into Yorkshire over the next five years.

Nichola added: “We’re expecting to finish this project in the summer, and once we’re done, bursts and potential loss of supply in the area will be much less likely, and we’ll be delivering the quality and reliability of service that our customers expect.

“We’ll be working quickly and doing everything that we can to keep disruption to the community to a minimum whilst we deliver this important work – and thank everyone in the area for their patience in advance.”

Local residents have been contacted in regard to any localised disruption.

This project is the latest mains replacement scheme to start in North Yorkshire with many already complete, including around the villages of Grassington, Sutton, Hauxwell to Hunton, and Thirn to Thornton.