New electricity pylons could dominate North Somerset

National Grid plans to erect new 153ft super-pylons to connect a new 3600MW nuclear power station at Hinkley Point by September 2017. Two routes have been put forward. Corridor 1 would replace some of the existing power lines to the north west of Yatton. Corridor 2 would involve an additional set of lines running south of Nailsea, over the top of Kingston Seymour and North End and continuing south of Yatton close to the Strawberry Line. These 400,000 volt cables will be carried on pylons the height of ten double decker buses. Currently the 132,000 volt cables which run close to Kingston Seymour are on pylons around half the height of the new ones. We are currently in the midst of the initial consultation stage, but it ends on January 4th 2010 when one of the two routes will be given the go-ahead.

We don’t have long to make our voices heard.
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