£4.3m investment starts at Redmires to improve reservoir resilience

Yorkshire Water begins essential repair work near Lower Redmires Reservoir this month to improve and maintain safe operations and increase resilience of the region’s reservoir network.

Contract partners, MGroup, start on site on Monday 23 February to repair a bypass channel close to Redmires Road. The project team is working hard to ensure that visitors and dog walkers to this popular site will still be able to enjoy the scenery safely.

Mark Broady, senior project manager at Yorkshire Water, said:  “With this £4.3 million reservoir safety project, we’re investing now to make sure that Redmires Reservoirs continue to operate safely and reliably for many years to come.

“We know that it is a popular spot with walkers, runners and dog-owners and we will be working with our partners to create a safely signed route so that visitors can continue to enjoy the scenery.”

To ensure the safety of the public, the short access road off Redmires Road will be restricted to residents’ use only until the repairs are completed and the site compound removed.  Yorkshire Water is in contact with the local community to advise them of increased activity and we will endeavour to keep disruption to a minimum.

The Redmires Reservoirs resilience project is part of Yorkshire Water’s largest ever environmental investment of £8.3 billion over the next five years which focuses on large-scale infrastructure projects across the region to maintain safe, reliable water services, protecting the environment and improve service to customers. Other reservoir remediation work is ongoing at Royd Moor Reservoir and at Walshaw Dean Lower and Middle Reservoirs, with work on Upper Walshaw Dean Reservoir expected to start later this year.