Pipeline to boost water supply for Mayo homes
Laura Heneghan, programme manager with of Uisce Éireann, says the Murrisk project will have benefits for generations to come.
Uisce Éireann has begun laying more than one kilometre of new water main in Westport to facilitate the Murrisk Community Water Connection Project.
Crews are on site in the Carrownalurgan area to install the pipe that will facilitate the project serving more than 500 households in the Murrisk, Lecanvey and Kilsallagh region with a state-of-the-art public water supply.
“The delivery of this section of water main is essential to a project which will help provide a safer, more secure water supply for communities in West Mayo. This project will have benefits for generations to come,” said Uisce Éireann’s Programme Manager Laura Heneghan.
“We would like to thank those living along the route for their patience and cooperation. The short-term inconvenience will be overshadowed by the lasting benefits for the community.”
Farrans are carrying out the works on behalf of Uisce Éireann and are expected to be complete before the end of this year. And while in order to deliver the works safely there will be closure of the L2805, local and emergency access will be maintained at all times and diversions are in place and signposted.
A traffic management system with lane closures will be in place for the remainder of the project.
The Murrisk Community Water Connection Project is funded by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and a local contribution from the residents of the areas, along with a contribution from Uisce Éireann to upsize the trunk main so it can be used in the future to supply the Louisburgh area.
The scheme is being delivered as a Mayo County Council Rural Water Project and when completed it will be part of Uisce Éireann’s network.
