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National Grid – Bridgwater to Avonmouth – the “Hinkley Connection”

Bridgwater to Avonmouth – the “Hinkley Connection”

You will be aware that the National Grid is building a connection to carry power from the new Hinkley Point power station on the Somerset coast, via Bridgwater and then to Avonmouth for distribution to up to 6 million homes and businesses.  Newsletters have been posted on this website and the planting scheme that was run by National Grid has been adopted by several of our landowners.

The project has been underway for a couple of years already and as you travel around North Somerset (when permitted), there is more and more evidence of significant engineering activity.

This connection work will directly affect Kingston Seymour when the power lines above Lampley Road (at the Kingston Bridge end) are altered.  The low ones will be altered by Western Power Distribution (planned for 2023) and the higher ones will be replaced by the National Grid project.  In due course, there will be construction traffic roads laid by main contractor Balfour Beatty and there will be a controlled crossing point on Lampley Road.

A regular e-newsletter is now produced by National Grid and this can be found here

Link to Latest Newsletter (opens in a new window).

There’s a section in the newsletter entitled “In your area” and for this purpose, our immediate area is called “Puxton to Kenn”.  A map taken from this section and showing our immediate area is here

Link to KS Area map (PDF opens in a new window)

At the foot of the e-newsletter there is an invitation to receive the e-newsletter directly to your inbox if you wish to and for more and other information, the Hinkley Connection website is here Link to Hinkley Connection Website (opens in a new window)

Steve Dixon, Parish Clerk, 4th February 2021

 

 

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