Brimsham Pylons new date to remove - 2022

(Photo Mayor Karl Tomasin with residents earlier in 2020 in his campaign to get rid of the pylons)The Lib Dem Focus Team Councillors have been trying to get a commitment to get the pylons along Eastfield Drive removed.

Remember the promise years ago to underground the pylons😃? When it did not happen, South Gloucestershire Council washed their hands of it and said there was nothing they could do.

But your councillors from the Focus Team did not give up.

Led by Yate Mayor Karl Tomasin, they started talking direct with Western Power and tracked down the person in charge of the issue. And have been in touch with them regularly ever since, even during lockdown.

Western Power have been working really hard to get a solution. This week, Western Power came back to them with the following news

“Just to confirm we are now looking to move forward with an underground solution from the customer site to Chipping Sodbury Substation* the works are not expected to be completed until sometime late 2022. I would expect there to be disruption to residents from early 2022 while the cable route is installed. Obviously these are only indicative timescales for now and the scheme is reliant on the customer funding the scheme.”

* Western Power’s name for our Brimsham substation. The ‘customer’ is Barretts.

A big thank you to the Western Power officer, who has worked so hard with our councillors to get to this stage. A pity S Glos Council wasn't willing to add its weight to the local work.