Work to begin on Grenaby water main replacement

Mon, 11 Apr 2022

Manx Utilities is progressing with the replacement of approximately 10km of water main from Ballakew, St Marks to Ballaglonney, Grenaby.

Work will commence on 19 April for 26 weeks on the £3.4M critical infrastructure project.  The new main is one of the longest water main installations to be installed in over 20 years, and will ultimately supply water to thousands of properties in the South of the Island including; Grenaby, Ronague, Ballabeg, Colby, Ballasalla.  The project also involves a new main installation on the Phildraw Road to Ballamodha to improve supplies in the area and higher Foxdale. 

Chairman Rob Callister said, “It is important to continue to replace aging critical infrastructure and I would like to thank landowners for their help and cooperation in enabling this project to proceed, in addition to local Contractors PCS Ltd and Silva Consulting.  This is the longest installation of its kind completed in many years and will improve the reliability of supplies in areas that have suffered from service interruption due to frequent bursts on ageing water mains.”

The project is programmed to be completed in early October 2022.  It will involve a number of excavations on public roads, with traffic management being utilised wherever possible to reduce the need for road closures.

The new water trunk main will be plastic pipe (High Performance Polyethylene, HPPE) and will connect to local distribution mains and service pipes. 

Approximately 4,200 properties will benefit from this project.

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