Yorkshire Water relines in Selby

Thu, 1 January 2009

Contractors working on behalf of Yorkshire Water are revamping Selby’s water mains, more than 30 miles of pipes have been included in the project. The current phase is the cleaning and relining of a trunk main.

In addition, Yorkshire has started on the next phase of an improvement package which takes investment in the area through the £8 million mark.

The company has already spent £7 million replacing, relining or cleaning the pipes in Middleton, Bramley, Meanwood, Headingley and Rothwell, but will start work next week on a £1 million improvement package in Swarcliffe, Whinmoor and Manston.

Contractor Laing O’Rourke will be carrying out the project on the company’s behalf; the majority of pipes will only need cleaning, although shorter sections will be scraped and then coated with a polymeric lining or dug out and replaced.

Project Manager Carol Fairbrother said “As we only need access pits and not trenches to clean or reline pipes, we’re hoping we can keep disruption to a minimum. However, some inconvenience is inevitable - particularly where we have to replace.”