Bury residents invited to learn more about HARP progress
United Utilities is inviting residents in the Woodgate Hill area of Bury to find out more about progress on the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP).
The 110km Haweswater Aqueduct, which carries water from Cumbria to 2.5 million customers in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, is being refurbished.
The original pipeline which is now 70 years old uses gravity to carry 570 million litres of water – that’s nearly 250 Olympic-sized swimming pools - every day to customers and businesses across the North West.
United Utilities’ delivery partner, Cascade Infrastructure, will begin work to replace the six tunnel sections of the aqueduct later this year. In the Woodgate Hill area of Bury this will involve the creation of a compound area inside Woodgate Hill Water Treatment Works. Work is set to get underway in August.
Matt Postlethwaite, United Utilities’ Engagement Lead for HARP explained: “HARP is one of the largest water infrastructure programmes in the UK. As well as securing water supplies for millions of customers, it will also create hundreds of jobs in the region.
“Keeping communities along the route informed is important to us and our delivery partners at Cascade Infrastructure. We are inviting residents in the Woodgate Hill area to come along to meet the team and find out more.”
An information session is being held on Tuesday August 4th at St John the Baptist Church, Castle Hill Road from 10am to 7pm.