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The Dublin Region water mains rehabilitation project, worth
€118 million, has begun to carry out major improvement works
in Dublin City to replace old leaking Victorian water mains.
The benefits of the project, according to Tom Leahy, Executive
Manager with Dublin City Council, will include a reduction
in leakages from pipes, improved water pressure to homes and
businesses, replacement of old lead connections on public
supplies (where they exist) and improved level of service
and security of supply.
“There will be some planned temporary water disruption while
supplies are disconnected/reconnected and we want to thank
everyone affected in advance for their co-operation, which
will result in a much improved water service with major benefits
in reduced leakage and improved levels of service”, said Tom
Leahy.
“The project team are working closely with businesses and
An Garda Síochána to manage traffic while the
works are going on.”
Road users may face delays as a result of work taking place
in the All Hallows area around Drumcondra Road, as well as
the areas surrounding Green Street, Church Street in the North
City and Grand Canal Street in the South City.
People are welcome to call the watermains rehabilitation
project lo-call telephone line, 1890 88 24 10 (Monday - Friday
9am-5pm). Regular updates and maps on where and when work
is taking place are available on the website,
“Commuters and those visiting Dublin City or any facilities
through these routes, such as hospitals or Dublin Airport,
should please plan their journey and give themselves extra
time if they do have to cross the works,” says Ronan O’Rourke,
Project Engineer, Dublin City Council.
“Delays to traffic will be kept to a minimum by the contractors’
traffic management staff, who have a strong track record in
successfully carrying out the watermains rehabilitation work
over the past four years across Dublin.
"Water rehabilitation works have already been completed
in Dublin City, including very busy areas like the Merrion
Road, South Circular Road, Kilmainham and Pembroke Road, as
well as in Dun Laoghaire, Bray and other parts of the greater
Dublin area without prolonged disruption to traffic.
“During the works there will also be some unavoidable temporary
interruptions to customers’ water supplies. Every effort will
be made to minimise this and the project team has a policy
of providing plenty of advance notice to customers..
“We will do our utmost to keep all non-domestic customers
supplied with water during the works, where possible, and
have been meeting with local facilities such as hospitals
as well as businesses and their representative groups over
recent weeks in advance of the works starting.”
Where householders’ water has to be shut off to facilitate
the works, this will be limited to approximately 10 hours
at a time and an information leaflet delivered to homes and
businesses 48 hours beforehand, detailing the date and times
of interruption to water supply.
The water rehabilitation project is funded by the Department
of the Environment, Community & Local Government and managed
by Dublin City Council on behalf of the four local authorities
in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow and Bray.
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