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Telford's touch up
18/08/2016
A £5 million project to improve power supplies in Telford has been completed, further securing supplies to around 25,000 homes and business in the area.
The project is part of over £7 billion which we are investing across our electricity network between 2015 and 2023.
Work began in November 2014 when a new electricity pylon was constructed in Ketley and around 750 metres of underground cable was installed to connect it to the electricity grid site in the town.
The next stage involved the removal of four existing pylons and around 850 metres of redundant overhead power lines which crossed the Wrekin Retail Park, Tesco store and the M54 motorway. This was carried out overnight, to minimise traffic disruption and inconvenience to shoppers.
The final element of the work involved the addition of two new pylons and as well as new overhead power lines. To avoid disruption to power supplies, a temporary 132kV pylon was built to enable the circuits to be transferred over one at a time. The redundant and temporary ones were then dismantled and recycled.
Projects Team Manager Peter Burgess said: “It was a challenging project, but worthwhile. Now complete, it will help to further safeguard supply reliability to around 25,000 customers in the Ketley area as well as better accommodate any increased demands on the power network in the future.”
The project is part of over £7 billion which we are investing across our electricity network between 2015 and 2023.
Work began in November 2014 when a new electricity pylon was constructed in Ketley and around 750 metres of underground cable was installed to connect it to the electricity grid site in the town.
The next stage involved the removal of four existing pylons and around 850 metres of redundant overhead power lines which crossed the Wrekin Retail Park, Tesco store and the M54 motorway. This was carried out overnight, to minimise traffic disruption and inconvenience to shoppers.
The final element of the work involved the addition of two new pylons and as well as new overhead power lines. To avoid disruption to power supplies, a temporary 132kV pylon was built to enable the circuits to be transferred over one at a time. The redundant and temporary ones were then dismantled and recycled.
Projects Team Manager Peter Burgess said: “It was a challenging project, but worthwhile. Now complete, it will help to further safeguard supply reliability to around 25,000 customers in the Ketley area as well as better accommodate any increased demands on the power network in the future.”
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