NI Water has announced the halfway mark in its Trunk Mains investment programme, delivering 66 kilometres of trunk mains across 9 projects in Northern Ireland.

Farrans is the main contractor for the Trunk Mains Framework, with WSP providing technical and support services. The project benefits areas such as the Ards Peninsula and wider County Down area, Enniskillen and the North West.

Highlights include the completion of a recent £7.4 million project, which will be essential to the future resilience of the water supply infrastructure, primarily in the Ards Peninsula area, as well as the ongoing Killyhevlin to Cavanacross Trunkmain which transfers bulk water supply from the Killyhevlin Water Treatment Works (WTW) to Cavanacross Service Reservoir, improving the security of the water supply for approximately 10000 customers in the area.

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Over £3 million was invested in Phase 1 of the Killyhevlin to Cavanacross Trunk Main, with an additional £1 million now being invested in Phase 2.

Another notable project, the Crescent Link Trunk Main, has significantly enhanced water supply security for over 10,000 local customers in the North West. Undertaken in a densely populated urban area with heavy traffic and challenging ground conditions, the project successfully navigated congested existing services. Highlights included crossing the A6 Dungiven Road and completing 7 major connections throughout the project.

A £5.7 Million Water Improvement Scheme – Fofanny to Altmore Phase 1, which will be essential to the future resilience of the water supply infrastructure for customers in the South Down area is also ongoing with a major river crossing on the Upper River Bann successfully completed and essential pipelaying in the Bryansford Road area.

Tzvetelina Bogoina, NI Water's Director of Infrastructure Delivery said: "We are delighted to announce the mid-way point on our PC21 Trunk Mains framework. We have made excellent progress on this innovative framework to date, and I would like to pay tribute to all the teams involved.

"All of these new trunk mains across Northern Ireland will support and improve the local water supply infrastructure for customers. Security of supply is key and this will be especially important during extreme weather conditions."