Three National Grid construction engineers wearing hard hats and PPE discussing paperwork

Get set, go on Overhead Lines North

Work begins on overhead lines which will run from Sandford to Avonmouth

11th June 2021 - Hinkley Connection news

Monday 17 May saw the start of works on Overhead Lines North, which will run from Sandford to Avonmouth.

The first works are construction of bell mouths on the A370 near Moorland Park, on Nailsea Wall and Kenn Road (B3133) which has already been completed!

We’ve created a dedicated page on the project website to explain all the different elements of the works, including interactive maps, FAQs, a message from Project Director James Goode and an animation that explains how T-pylons are built.

Nailsea residents wave farewell to the last pylon

15 August 2023

August 2023 sees the last of 23 pylons removed between Nailsea and Portishead as part of National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project, some from within residents' gardens.

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New view from Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve

15 August 2023

On 8 August 2023, National Grid’s principal contractor, Balfour Beatty, felled the last of 15 lattice pylons in and around Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve as part of National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project.

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School holidays mark the end of an era for pupils in Avonmouth

15 August 2023

When pupils at Avonmouth C of E School and Nursery return after the holidays, they will experience a whole new view. The, 132kV electricity pylon that has loomed over the school’s forest area will have disappeared.

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