Essential water pipes upgrade to disrupt traffic in part of Cavan Town until May

Traffic disruption is likely to occur for months in part of Cavan Town as major works to upgrade water supplies get underway in the coming days.

Working in partnership with Cavan County Council, Irish Water will replace almost 200 metres of old water mains on Bridge Street and Wolfe Tone Street with new, modern pipes which will reduce the number of bursts and water outages impacting customers.

The works will also involve laying new water service connections from the public water main in the road to customers’ property boundaries and connecting it to the customer’s water supply.

Irish Water aim to minimise the impact on customers by limiting areas of work to short sections. To facilitate the safe delivery of these works along Bridge Street the road will be closed to traffic for the duration of the works. Temporary traffic lights will also be in place along Wolfe Tone Street however, local and emergency access will be maintained.

Irish Water say they will ensure customers are given a minimum of 48 hours’ notice prior to any planned water interruptions.

Speaking about the project Declan Cawley, Leakage Reduction Programme Regional Lead with Irish Water said: “Irish Water acknowledges the ongoing co-operation and patience of local residents and businesses in Cavan Town while we continue to deliver these vital water network improvement works to improve the water supply. The size and scale of the leakage challenge nationally is well documented. These essential works together with the leakage savings and upgrade works to date will safeguard the water supply in Cavan now and into the future, and will also support future growth and development.”

The works will be carried out on behalf of Irish Water by Farrans Construction and are expected to be completed in May.