Thames Water has announced it has finished over £50 million worth of infrastructure improvements across North London.

Upgrading the pipes is essentially needed to mitigate the risks of bursts, supply interruption and traffic disruption.

Completed clean water infrastructure projects in North London include:

• Seven Sisters Road: 2.4km of pipe, £21.1m scheme

• Fortis Green: 2.4km of pipe, £16.8m scheme

• Regent's Park: 1.4km of pipe, £12m scheme

• New River: 778m of flooding defence, £6m scheme

• Offord Road – 722m of pipe, £1.8m scheme

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The mains replacement schemes above used a mixture of traditional open-cut trenching, sliplining and microtunnelling. The project to refurbish the New River’s embankment used a Giken Piling Rig, modern technology which reduces noise and vibration during construction.

Mark Taylor, Director of Delivery, London Infrastructure, Thames Water said: "Our purpose is to deliver life's essential service, so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. 

"The effects of population growth and climate change are putting increased pressure on our ageing water pipes across the capital. We have a long-term commitment to improving infrastructure resilience, environmental performance, and service to customers and our mains replacement programme across London is vital to achieving this.

"We've been targeting the areas that need upgrading the most, first, and will be continuing to invest in the capital with further mains replacement projects over the next five years."