Yorkshire Water has begun a £355,000 project to replace 1.1km of water mains in Lower Wyke, Bradford.
The mains will be replaced to improve reliability of drinking water supply, reduce leakage and prevent water main bursts in the area. 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.
The project is one of three mains replacement schemes currently underway in Bradford – with 3.5km being replaced in a £1.5m project in Laisterdyke, and 1.7km being replaced in Oakworth.
A further five schemes will take place in Bradford this year alone – resulting in a total of 16.1km of new, resilient, pipework for the city.
Shaun Chapman, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “As part of Yorkshire Water’s largest ever investment, we are delivering a significant upgrade to our clean water network by replacing 238km of mains in Yorkshire over the next 12 months – this includes over 16km in Bradford.
“Replacing the mains in Lower Wyke is a really important scheme which will help us to deliver the quality and reliability of service that our customers expect – with bursts and loss of supply much less likely.”
Contract partners Sapphire Utility Solutions are underway with work, having begun on St Mary’s Square, and heading towards the junction of Griffe Head Road and St Mary’s Avenue via St. Mary’s Drive. For the safety of residents, road users, and colleagues, temporary traffic management is in place around the working area, which will move as work progresses.
Shaun added: “We’ll be working quickly and doing everything that we can to keep disruption to a minimum whilst we deliver this important work.”
The project is expected to complete at the end of June 2025.
