£2.1m mains replacement work starts in Sykehouse Goole

Yorkshire Water starts work on a £2.1m project to replace 5.5km of water mains in Sykehouse, Goole this month.

The work, which will improve the reliability of drinking water supply, reduce leakage, and prevent water mains bursts in the area, is part of Yorkshire Water’s £8.3bn investment across the region over the next five years to upgrade infrastructure and improve services for customers.

Shaun Chapman, project manager, Yorkshire Water, said: “We are upgrading our clean water infrastructure, prioritising poor performing assets that will benefit most from mains replacement.  This forms part of our £406m investment to renew over 1,000km of clean water mains across the region by 2030.”

Contract partners, Galliford Try will start replacing the mains pipework at Marsh Hill Lane from Tuesday 10 March and will continue to Sykehouse Road and North Lane. 

Shaun continued: “On completion, this project will reduce the likelihood of bursts or loss of supply in the future, so we can deliver the quality and reliability of service that our customers expect.  Our partners will be working as quickly as they can to keep disruption to a minimum and we’d like to thank residents and the local community for their patience while they undertake this important upgrade.”

Local residents have been contacted in regard to any localised disruption.  The project is expected to complete by September.

This project is the latest of 20km of mains replacement schemes in and around Goole, including clean water mains at Wheatley Hills, Wroot and Skelton.