Over 200 local residents, Strawberry Line users and families with children (and dogs!) dressed as superheroes walked, biked and wheeled their way to the Strawberry Line in Sandford, North Somerset, to celebrate the opening of the new traffic-free section of the popular heritage trail.
Hovering near the high voltage cables that carry power around Britain is all in a day’s work for the helicopter teams, who are closely monitoring the condition of the thousands of towers, poles and overhead lines that get electricity to where it’s needed.
We fly closer to electricity infrastructure than general aviation is allowed, which concentrates the mind – but it’s a safe, controlled operation that our experienced teams have been carrying out for decades
A project to replace 4.6km of overhead electricity line and 13 pylons with underground cable is one step closer to being realised following an important decision by Wiltshire Council.
Over 200 local residents, Strawberry Line users and families with children (and dogs!) dressed as superheroes walked, biked and wheeled their way to the Strawberry Line in Sandford, North Somerset, to celebrate the opening of the new traffic-free section of the popular heritage trail.
As Deputy Mayor of London for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, one of Pipe’s key priorities is ensuring London’s infrastructure supports growth and makes London a cleaner, greener and smarter city. Reflecting this, we were pleased to welcome him back to site to visit the tunnels and see how the project has progressed whilst remaining on time and on budget.
Students were set a challenge to find potential strategies for securing the materials that would be needed for a hypothetical new subsea cable development, and the new onshore infrastructure to support it. They had the opportunity to present their ideas to colleagues from both National Grid Ventures and National Grid Electricity Transmission, who then scored the winners.
Run in conjunction with social enterprise Connectr, the programme has reached more than 85,000 students, putting National Grid ahead of schedule to meet its target of engaging 100,000 students before 2025.
Video showing work being undertaken during Phase One of the overhead line refurbishment project between Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire.
National Grid’s Operations teams and Morrison Energy Services have been working at heights of up to 50m, installing 2,919km of new overhead line conductor to replace the original, which was installed in the 1960s and is now approaching the end of its scheduled working lifespan.
People will be able to walk, bike and wheel their way along the Strawberry Line’s new Sandford Link from Saturday 25 November following the opening of the new traffic-free section of the route near the project’s infrastructure – including its distinctive new T-pylons.
People will be able to walk, bike and wheel their way along the Strawberry Line’s new Sandford Link from Saturday 25 November following the opening of the new traffic-free section of the route near the project’s infrastructure – including its distinctive new T-pylons.