{"id":762338,"date":"2026-09-06T23:44:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/762338\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:44:31","slug":"underground-heat-pipes-to-be-laid-beneath-hull-city-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/762338\/","title":{"rendered":"Underground heat pipes to be laid beneath Hull city streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Work to install pipes as part of a low-carbon underground heating system in Hull will begin this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hull City Council said the pipework will be fitted along a small section of Lowgate, Guildhall Road and Wilberforce Drive between 9 September and 11 October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Hull District Heat Network project (HDHN) will transfer heat generated from waste from an energy centre on Trippett Street to buildings across the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chris Jackson, from the council, said the works were necessary to deliver the project, which he said would provide &#8220;long-term benefits&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council said traffic will be diverted northbound via Alfred Gelder Street and George Street or southbound via Freetown Way, North Bridge, Great Union Street and Drypool Bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The authority said the Lowgate car park will be closed for up to eight weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jackson said: &#8220;We recognise that this may cause disruption for those travelling through the city centre and are working closely with our partners to minimise the impact wherever possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council said the work would be restricted between 07:30 and 17:00 BST Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The authority said the works were dependent on the weather, so the dates could change and some overnight or weekend work could be required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Listen to highlights from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0cghg97\/clips\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds<\/a>, watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b007tp3n\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest episode of Look North<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Work to install pipes as part of a low-carbon underground heating system in Hull will begin this week.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-762338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}