Progress with the iron mains replacement programme 2008 - 2009

1. Under the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996, regulation 13A [PDF 90KB], HSE approved annual replacement programmes for the year April 2008 to end March 2009 for the Distribution Networks (DNs) shown in Table 1. The progress in meeting the national and individual network targets is also shown.
2. Nationally 3818.5 km of iron mains were decommissioned against an annual approved target of 3677.8 km – an extra 140.8 km. All of the networks met or exceeded their overall decommissioning targets.
3. As part of its monitoring strategy and 5 year intervention plans for the DNs, HSE continues to carry out mains replacement audits to check that mains are decommissioned in accordance with the policies and procedures in the DNs’ Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996 safety cases
4. HSE has approved programmes for the DNs for the period April 2009 to end March 2010.

Table 1 - Mains replacement performance 2008 - 2009 by Distribution Networks