Yorkshire Water is progressing work on more projects in its £406 million AMP8 mains replacement programme.

Contract partners O’Connor Utilities are getting work underway with a £540,000 project to replace approximately 1.5km of water mains in Harewood, Leeds, to improve the resilience and reliability of the area’s network.

The new main will be installed along the A61 Harrogate Road from the north of the village – the contractors have already begun the project, starting by the Harewood Approach entrance to Harewood House, and are expecting to take three months to complete the work

Separately, the utility has also begun a £630,000 scheme to replace 547m of clean water mains in Sutton-in-Craven. Contract partners United Living are underway with the project, which will be completed in phases and is expected to take around 10 weeks to fully complete.

Later this month the water company is also set to start work on a £1 million project to replace approximately 2km of water mains in Knaresborough beginning on 22 April.

Alex Spivey, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said:

“As part of Yorkshire Water’s £8.3bn investment into Yorkshire over the next five years, we are delivering a significant upgrade to our clean water network, which we are kicking off with 238km of mains being replaced in Yorkshire over the next 12 months alone.

“Knaresborough is one of the first areas to undergo the work, 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 M Group will be carrying out the work , which is expected to take four months.