€ 6.8m water project starts

WORK began this week on the € 6.8 million Sligo City water main rehabilitation and Pearse Road sewer network project.

Working in partnership with Sligo County Council, Irish Water awarded the contract to Ward and Burke Construction Ltd who have begun issuing notifications to residents and businesses affected.

Work started on Cleveragh Road on Monday, March 27 with an estimated completion date of April 7 for this section.

The project team expect to start some preliminary works on Tonaphubble Lane next week.

The project will reduce leakage and bursts and improve water quality and supply to consumers and has an estimated completion date of May 2018.

Irish Water’s Regional Information Specialist Sean Corrigan said: “The team are working closely with businesses to minimise any potential disruption.”

The work will be limited to short sections to minimise impact on residents, businesses and road users. The works will involve some short- term water shut offs for a number of hours over a day or two in each area when the pipes are being connected to the system. The project team will ensure that householders and businesses are advised of any works in their area in advance and will be given a minimum of 48 hours prior notice of any planned water shut offs.

The project involves the replacement and rehabilitation of approximately 8.7km of ageing water mains, the installation of 1.5km of foul and storm sewers in the Pearse Road area and the replacement of all service connections including any lead services encountered.