£5.8m mains replacement upgrade starts soon at Swinefleet

Yorkshire Water is due to start a £5.8m scheme to upgrade the clean water network in and around a number of Goole villages to provide a resilient and reliable supply for customers in the area. 

This essential upgrade will see a total of 18km of clean water mains replaced across Swinefleet, Adlingfleet, Garthorpe, Reedness, Ousefleet, Whitgift and Fockerby, areas that have previously been prone to bursts.  This investment will help reduce leaks, prevent bursts and provide a reliable and resilient clean water supply for local customers in the future. 

Nichola Fairbairn, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “This mains replacement work is part of our largest ever investment programme of £8.3bn to strengthen infrastructure and improve services for our customers. 

“Our contract partners, United Infrastructure, are due to start work on Monday 13 July on Low Street, Swinefleet. We’ve worked closely with the local highways team to plan our rolling programme of work and keep disruption to a minimum.” 

The overall project is due to complete at the end of December 2027 and for the safety of residents, road users and colleagues, works at all of the individual villages will operate under traffic management. 

Nichola continued: “We will be working as quickly as possible to complete these important upgrades in and around Goole and Swinefleet villages.  We would like to thank everyone in the area for their patience whilst we carry out this mains replacement work.” 

Yorkshire Water will keep in contact with local residents to advise them of progress.