The water supply in Tullamore, Co Offaly, is set to be significantly improved thanks to a continuing programme of works.

Irish Water is working with Offaly County Council to deliver essential water mains replacement works.

Scheduled to begin in early October, the works will involve the replacement of over 1.3km of old problematic cast iron water mains on the Clara Road exiting Tullamore Town that were prone to leakage. Works will start at Doolans Service Station and head northwest towards Clara, finishing at the roundabout on N52.The pipes will be replaced with new, high density polyethylene (plastic) pipes which will improve water quality and reduce high levels of bursts and leakage which was impacting the water supply to customers in this area. 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. Where the existing service connections on the public side are lead, these will be replaced as part of this improvement work.

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To facilitate the safe delivery of these works and to minimise disruption to customers, work will be completed in short sections. Traffic management in the form of temporary traffic lights and a stop and go system will be in place with local and emergency traffic maintained at all times.

These works will be carried out on behalf of Irish Water by Ward and Burke Ltd and are expected to be completed in 10 weeks.

Speaking about these works, Joe Carroll, Irish Water's Regional Lead, commented: "These works are vital to ensure a more secure water supply to homes and businesses in Tullamore and are part of a significant investment by Irish Water to safeguard the water supply. We understand this type of work can be inconvenient and we will ensure our work crews make every effort to minimise any disruption these works may cause."