Residents and businesses of Cavan Town are benefitting from a more resilient and reliable water supply in 2026 after the recent completion of a significant programme of mains replacement in the town.
The Railway Road water mains replacement project drew to its conclusion shortly before Christmas, bringing to a close a major programme of works to replace more than 1.4km of mains in the town centre.
The works along Railway Road (R198) and College Street (R212) involved the replacement of aging mains with new, modern pipes.
The project also involved the laying of new service connections from the public main to customers' property boundaries and connecting these to customers' supplies.
In a statement issued to Northern Sound, Patricia Lowry, Programme Manager with Uisce Éireann said: "This was an extensive programme of mains replacements for Cavan Town and we are proud to have brought the project to completion.
"Residents, businesses and visitors to Cavan Town can look forward to a more secure and reliable water supply as a consequence of these works, while the new pipes will also help us to reduce leaks of leakage on the network and decrease the likelihood of supply disruptions moving forward.
"We wish to thank the community of Cavan Town, including the local business owners, for their understanding and co-operation while these works were ongoing."
The Railway Road project was delivered as part of Uisce Éireann's National Leakage Reduction Programme, which involves reducing leakage across Ireland by fixing leaks and replacing old and damaged pipes on the water network. Uisce Éireann's long term goal is to reduce leakage to 20%.
