Haweswater Aqueduct has been supplying water to thousands of homes for 70 years
Preparations are under way to start the next East Lancashire stage of a £1billion project to upgrade the pipeline which supplies water from the Lake District to the county and Greater Manchester.
In a consultation exercise 23 households and Hyndburn MP Sara Britcliffe raised concerns over noise, disturbance, safety and traffic on local roads. The Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme represents one of the largest UK investments in public water supply infrastructure in the last 50 years.Two other parts of the scheme – the Bowland and Marl Hill sections – cut through Ribble Valley borough.
“The existing aqueduct was constructed in the period between 1933 and 1955 and recent exploratory investigations have revealed that its structural condition is deteriorating and that it now needs to be upgraded in order to safeguard both the long term continuity of that supply and the quality of that drinking water provision. This planning application is for the proposed Haslingden and Walmersley section within Hyndburn.
“Notwithstanding the underground tunnelling works that will extend for 4.4km in a southerly direction from Huncoat to Rossendale, there are two main areas of development in Hyndburn: Bolton Avenue Works and Plantation Road Works. Above ground temporary construction compounds are required to facilitate the construction works and due to the complexity of the proposed aqueduct tunnelling operations these temporary arrangements will potentially be ongoing for about four years.
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