Town centre traffic jams possible as water supply work gets underway

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Wednesday, 9 August 2017 at 07:07

By Gillian Mcdade @gillianmc

By Gillian McDade

Work on upgrading the water supply is to move to the Morgans Hill Road in Cookstown from Monday.

Concerns have been raised about possible traffic jams in the town centre, due to this being an arterial route and the unofficial town bypass.

Improvement work has just been completed on the Moneymore Road.

NI Water says upgraded water mains will increase the quality of the water supply, while reducing leakage and improving pressure.

Cookstown Councillor Trevor Wilson who lives nearby, says the work is essential, but he’s been advised it could take up to seven weeks to complete:

NI Water has said it will attempt to keep disruption to a minimum.

Here’s Councillor Wilson:

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