The next stage of a £7.2m Yorkshire Water project will involve the closure of various roads around Askwith village from next week.
Yorkshire Water says the project to replace 18.8km of water mains between Weston and Ilkley, will improve reliability of drinking water supply, reduce leakage, and prevent water main bursts in the area.
The project, which began this month, will see contract partners United Infrastructure replacing over 18km of mains pipework on local streets by the end of the summer.
Village residents have been informed that from Thursday 5th February, Hallam Lane, West Lane and Askwith Village will be closed. Both West Lane and Askwith Village are scheduled to be closed until Wednesday 8th April, Hallam Lane should reopen on 19th February.
[one.network shows the closures from 5th February (Image MapTiler / OpenStreetMap)]
Nichola Fairbairn, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said:
“We are undertaking a huge upgrade to our clean water infrastructure, having already replaced over 120km of water mains across Yorkshire since the start of our investment period in April 2025 – estimated to be saving 1.24 million litres of leakage every day.
“The scheme between Ilkley and Weston is one of our larger mains replacement projects and will provide significant benefit to the local areas. With bursts and potential loss of supply much less likely, we’ll be delivering the quality and reliability of service that our customers rightly expect.”
The work is part of Yorkshire Water’s £8.3bn investment into Yorkshire over the next five years, which includes a £406m investment in replacing more than 1,000km of water mains across the region.
Nichola added:
“We’ll be working quickly and doing everything that we can to keep disruption to the community to a minimum whilst we deliver this important work – and thank everyone in the area for their patience in advance.”
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