To ensure the safety of our team while equipment is being moved out of the site, traffic management measures will be in place between 09:30 and 15:00 on Friday 25 April 2025.
This work will be carried out by Balfour Beatty, on behalf of National Grid.
During this period, temporary two-way traffic signals will be in operation on a section of the A134 between the B1068 and Marshalls Green junctions (What3Words: reclaim.shorter.defrost) to ensure that the northbound side of the road can be closed. The traffic signals will be operated manually.
The Eakring site in Nottinghamshire has been home to workforce development for Electricity Transmission (ET) colleagues since the 1990s.
As many colleagues are now driving electric vehicles and the number of apprentices and trainees is growing every year, additional charging infrastructure was needed at the site.
Today’s decision by Ofgem is a welcome and hugely significant development. Getting the green light for reform of the connections process is a culmination of efforts across industry, driven by NESO, Ofgem, government and our teams at National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET).
We’ve long been advocating for reform, from stronger measures to tackle the oversubscribed connections pipeline, to a fundamentally new process which prioritises the energy projects that are most ready, and most needed to meet the country’s clean power targets.