£120K upgrade to gas mains on Temple Park Green, Leeds

The North of England’s gas distributer, Northern Gas Networks (NGN), is investing £120k to upgrade ageing metal gas mains in Temple Park Green, Leeds.

This project is part of NGNs’ ongoing replacement of infrastructure in the region and will involve replacing over 2Km of existing metal gas mains with more durable plastic pipes to ensure the continued safe and reliable supply of gas to customers.

Commencing on January 4th, the work will take approximately 11 weeks to complete and has been planned in conjunction with Leeds City Council.

Russ Oxley, Construction Services Area Manager Northern Gas Networks, said: “We have been working closely with Leeds City Council to carefully plan these works and will be doing all we can to minimise any disruption caused.

“To ensure that we complete the work as soon as possible our engineers will be working Monday to Saturday from 8am to 5pm.”

The project has been planned to be carried out in phases in order to keep disruption to a minimum. The work will begin on Templegate Avenue and progress to New Templegate, Templegate Rise, Temple Park Close, Temple Park Green and finally Temple Lea.

Russ concluded: “We would like to take this opportunity to apologise in advance for any inconvenience this essential work may cause and thank members of the public for their patience and support.”

The work is expected to be complete by 16 March 2016.