£1.4m mains replacement work in York Mount set to start

Yorkshire Water is set to begin a £1.4m project to replace 2.8km of water mains off Tadcaster Road, York on 22 April. 

Replacing the mains will improve reliability of drinking water supply, reduce leakage and prevent water main bursts in the area. The work is part of Yorkshire Water’s £8.3bn investment into Yorkshire over the next five years. 

Contract partners OCU Group will be carrying out the work in phases, with the first phase along Pulleyn Drive, White House Rise, White House Drive, and White House Gardens. This phase will take around 10 weeks to complete.  

Yorkshire Water will return to nearby streets in the coming months to complete further phases. Customers impacted will be contacted directly with details of the next phases of the project. 

Victoria Corbett, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “We are undertaking a huge upgrade to our clean water infrastructure, with 238km of mains being replaced in Yorkshire over the next 12 months alone. This forms part of a wider £406m investment in replacing more than 1,000km of water mains across the region by 2030. 

Yorkshire Water is prioritising poor performing assets that will benefit most from mains renewal areas prone to disruption, bursts and supply interruptions. 
 
Victoria added: “We’ve had a period of repeated bursts in the York Mount area, which has caused a significant amount of disruption to customers.  Once we’re finished, bursts and potential loss of supply in the area will be much less likely, and we’ll be delivering the quality and reliability of service that our customers expect.” 

For the safety of residents, road users, and colleagues, there will be closures to sections of the footpath and road during parts of the work.  

Yorkshire Water hosted a drop-in event on 15 April to explain why the project was needed, how it would benefit the area, and share details of roadworks.  

Victoria added: “We were delighted to be able to speak with customers in the area and pleased that those who attended understand why this project needs to take place. We’ll be working quickly and doing everything that we can to keep disruption to the community to a minimum whilst we deliver this important work – and thank everyone in the area for their patience in advance.”