Water main bursts and leaks to reduce in Kirklees village with £600k upgrade

Yorkshire Water has begun a £602,000 project to replace 1.1km of water mains that are prone to bursts and leaks in the West Yorkshire village of Golcar.   

Replacing the mains with durable, flexible piping will reduce leakage and prevent water main bursts, improving the reliability of drinking water supply in the area. New pipework will be installed on Share Hill Road, Brook Lane, James Street, Car Top Lane, and Cliffe Ash.  

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.  

Nichola Fairbairn, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “As part of Yorkshire Water’s largest ever investment, focused on improving service to our customers and our impact on the environment, we are delivering a significant upgrade to our clean water network. This scheme will help us to deliver the quality and reliability of service that our customers expect." 

Contract partners at United Infrastructure are expected to take around seven months to complete the work.  

For the safety of colleagues, residents, and road users, there will be traffic management in place around the working areas at different points throughout the project. Residents have been informed of any localised disruption.  

Nichola 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 in advance.”  

As part of the £406m programme, Yorkshire Water has also completed mains replacements in nearby Kirkheaton, Stocksmoor, Shelley, Shelley Woodhouse and Kirkburton.