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Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme

HARP is a major scheme to maintain drinking water supplies across Cumbria, Lancashire and Greater Manchester for future generations. The Haweswater Aqueduct is a 110km pipeline which runs from the Lake District, through Lancashire and into Greater Manchester. Completed in the 1950s, the pipeline needs essential maintenance to ensure it can continue to supply customers for generations to come.

Latest update

We have awarded a contract to Cascade Infrastructure Limited to manage design, construction, maintenance and financing of the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme. STRABAG UK will deliver the full design and build of the project – you can find the press release using the link below.

Landmark £3bn deal to overhaul 70-year-old aqueduct that supplies water to over 2.5 million customers in the North West

Detailed design will now take place. It will take a period of time, before construction work begins, to develop the design and the proposed timescales for each of the tunnel sections.

In the meantime, you may see preparation activity including further surveys and ground investigation taking place. We’ll continue liaising with the relevant landowners, stakeholders and customers in each area of our programme.

Tunnel Section   Latest update  
Docker  We are working with the contractor to develop a programme of work.
Swarther  We are working with the contractor to develop a programme of work.
Bowland  We are working with the contractor to develop a programme of work.
Marl Hill  We are working with the contractor to develop a programme of work.
Haslingden and Walmersley   We are working with the contractor to develop a programme of work.
Bolton Avenue Football Pitch We have completed the construction of the new football pitch and will tidy the area shortly. The area will remain fenced off along with the area of turf translocation.

We kindly ask that you keep off these areas to give them chance to establish.