€300,000 to upgrade water supply in Kanturk

REPAIR works on watermains on the Greenfield Road in Kanturk will be undertaken and expected to be completed by December at a cost of approximately €300,000.

In all, 2.6km of watermains will be replaced following confirmation by Irish Water to Cllr John Paul O’Shea (FG). He said the Greenfield area of Kanturk town has suffered consistent disruption to their water supply over many years with a large number of leaks often leaving houses and businesses in the area without water for a long period.

Cllr John Paul O’ Shea who has raised this issue consistently with Irish Water in recent times said that it will come as a great relief to the people of Greenfield who have suffered considerably over the years with the frequent disruption to their water supply.

Cllr O’ Shea said: “The community of the Greenfield Road has consistently raised the importance of replacing these water mains with me and Cork County Council who have acknowledged that the current situation is dire and realistically, there was only one solution to the problem here which is the full replacement of the existing infrastructure.”

He also said the works may involve some short-term water outages and the project team will ensure that customers are given a minimum of 48 hours’ notice prior to any planned water outages. Traffic management will be in place for the duration of the works in the area.