Motorists in County Waterford town warned of two-week road closure due to works

Motorists in the Portlaw area of County Waterford are being advised of a two-week road closure to facilitate works by Uisce Éireann.

To facilitate these critical works to improve water quality and reduce leakage, a section of Priest’s Lane (L-4034), from the junction with the R680 to the junction with Upper Brown Street/Carrick Road Lower will be closed for the next two weeks.

Uisce Éireann says works will be ongoing from 7am to 7pm, beginning from this Monday, September 23 to Sunday, October 6 inclusive.

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According to a public notice, the road will open each evening from 7pm to 7am and local and emergency services access will be maintained at all times.

Local diversions will be in place and traffic flows will be diverted via Carrick Road Lower, Carrick Road (L-4033) and the R680. See attached map for diversion route.

Uisce Éireann’s Leakage Reduction Programme Manager, Dave Murphy has thanked members of the local community for their patience and co-operation in advance of the works saying: “We acknowledge that traffic diversions and road closures can be inconvenient for the local community and our crews will make every effort to minimise disruption. This project is essential to ensure Portlaw’s security of supply now and into the future.”

For more information on this project, visit the Portlaw project page.