Irish Water is leading the works with Kildare County Council as part of its National Leakage Reduction Programme.
These works will involve the replacement of over 1.5km of old and problematic water mains with new pipes along the local road between Ballymore Eustace and Brodleas. The overall goal is to provide a more reliable water supply, prevent leaks and improve the water quality in the area. The new and modern pipework installed as part of these improvement works will significantly reduce these issues for the community as well as helping to reduce the high level of leakage and bursts impacting customers.
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The works will involve laying new water service connections from the public water mains located within the road to customers’ property boundaries and connecting it to the customers' water supply. The works will be carried out on behalf of Irish Water by Ward & Burke Construction and are expected to be completed by the end of July of this year.
A road closure will be required for the duration of these works, the road closure is as follows, from Goldenfalls Hydro Electric Plant going south to the junction of local road L2026. The diversion in place will be via the R411, these details will also be communicated locally.
Joe Carroll, Regional Delivery Lead at Irish Water, said: "We are very much aware of the water quality issues that are impacting homes and businesses in Brodleas and this project will significantly improve their water quality.
"Replacing old and damaged pipes which have had a long history of leakage, resulting in outages and low pressure to homes and businesses, will ensure the delivery a more reliable water supply for generations to come.
"These ongoing projects are part of a significant investment by Irish Water to upgrade the water network across Kildare and we would like to thank customers for their continued cooperation and patience while we continue to upgrade and improve the water supply for local communities in the county."
