£1.4m mains replacement work in York starts
Yorkshire Water will return to nearby streets in the coming months to complete further phases
Last updated 23rd Apr 2025
Work has started on a £1.4m project to replace 2.8km of water mains off Tadcaster Road in York.
Yorkshire Water say replacing the mains will improve reliability of drinking water supply, reduce leakage and prevent water main bursts in the area.
It is part of their £8.3bn investment into Yorkshire over the next five years.
The work will be carried out in phases, with the first phase along Pulleyn Drive, White House Rise, White House Drive, and White House Gardens.
This 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.
“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, there will be closures to sections of the footpath and road during parts of the work.