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Nov
Duchy roadworks in Harrogate expected to last until spring
Roadworks will be in place across the Duchy area of Harrogate until spring as work to replace 2.1km of water mains is carried out.
Yorkshire Water said the £1.2 million scheme started on Kent Road at the junction with Ripon Road today (November 10).
Water mains will be replaced with plastic pipework to improve the reliability of drinking water supply, reduce leakage and reduce water main bursts in the area, the firm added.
Pipes on Kent Road, Duchy Road, Kent Bank, Hereford Road, York Road and York Road Rear are all set to be replaced.
Alex Spivey, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said:
This 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, and just one of 21 schemes taking place across North Yorkshire in the first year - including others in Harrogate. The project will make Duchy’s network much more resilient and enable us to provide the reliable and quality service that customers rightly expect.
Contract partner M Group is delivering the scheme and is expected to complete the work next spring.
Yorkshire Water also said a mixture of temporary traffic lights and “give and take traffic management” will be in place across the Duchy area as work is carried out.
Mr Spivey added:
We’re grateful to everyone in the area for their patience and understanding whilst we complete this important work. We’ll be working hard to keep disruption to a minimum.
Yorkshire Water has pledged to replace more than 90km of pipework across North Yorkshire by next April, with a further 26km across ten different schemes to be replaced in the second year of the investment period.
The wider replacement scheme comes as part of the company’s £8.3bn investment into Yorkshire over the next five years.
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