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National Grid on why it is proposing a pylon line for Grimsby to Walpole
Sleaford Target
|July 02, 2025
OVERHEAD 'OFFERS THE MOST EFFICIENT, RELIABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO DELIVER THE ENERGY'
NATIONAL Grid has outlined why it is proposing an overhead electricity line between Grimsby West and Walpole, Norfolk, and not underground or sub-sea alternative connections.
It is carrying out its second consultation, this time legally required, on the proposed 140km pylon line.
There is a more detailed route proposal and some changes brought in after public feedback last time.
Mitigations include lower height pylons where the proposed route goes closest to the Lincolnshire Wolds, north of Barnoldby-le-Beck. These would be 40m high rather than the standard 50m.
National Grid's consultation is open until August 6, with a number of in-person events and webinars planned too.
Opposition to the proposed pylon line was strong last year, with Lincolnshire County Council and North East Lincolnshire Council expressing their discontent, and Conservative MP Martin Vickers calling for parts of it to be made up of underground cables.
This story is from the July 02, 2025 edition of Sleaford Target.
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