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Plans to enhance the water supply in the County Cork village of Ovens have been announced.
Irish Water is working with Cork County Council to replace 350m of problematic water mains along the N22, improving water quality for the community and reducing high levels of leakage.
Work, which forms part of Irish Water's National Leakage Reduction Programme, will get underway in late June and is expected to be completed by mid-July.
The section of works will take place along the N22 at the end of the Ballincollig bypass, West of the Ovens Bar, and continue for approximately 350m westbound. A stop-go traffic management system will be in place for the duration. 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 customers' water supply. Where the existing service connections on the public side are lead these will be replaced as part of this improvement work.
Speaking about the upcoming works, Steven Blennerhassett from Irish Water commented: "Replacing these old and problematic pipes in Ovens will bring an all-round improvement to water quality for the local community. The old pipes had a history of bursting, so the new ones will reduce the drinking water lost and reduce maintenance on the water network in the area.
"There may be some short-term water outages and the project team will ensure that customers are given a minimum of 48 hours notice beforehand.
"The N22 is a busy road, and we are expecting some traffic delays while we carry out these works. As the water mains on this road had a history of bursting, traffic delays were frequent while repair works were carried out. By strengthening the network, this should not be an issue in the future.
"We understand that road works and water outages can be inconvenient, but our crews will make every effort to minimise disruption to local communities as we continue to improve the water supply in Cork County and progress the National Leakage Reduction Programme."
