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Community superheroes celebrate opening of new traffic-free path

Community superheros helped celebrate the opening of the Strawberry Line’s new “Sandford Link”.

New traffic-free section of Strawberry Line opens in North Somerset

On Road Safety Week, we celebrated the opening of the new and safer “Sandford Link” section of the Strawberry Line.

Hinkley Connection Project recycles to the beat of the cable drum

Donation saves 750kg of wood from going to waste.

National Grid aims to inspire half a million local school children

Last chance for schools to benefit from Hinkley Connection STEM fund

Newts surprise engineers at Bridgwater Substation

National Grid is celebrating the discovery of Great Crested Newts at Bridgwater substation.

New pylons being constructed

Waving goodbye to the gentle giants of the river Avon

The River Avon sky line changed as the large lattice pylons were removed from each bank after 90 years.

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