£5million to be spent boosting power supplies in Ketley
Nearly £5million is being spent on a major initiative to boost power supplies in the Ketley area of Telford.
Western Power Distribution, the electricity distributor for the region, is to invest the money to safeguard supply reliability to around 25,000 customers in the Ketley area.
A new electricity tower is to be constructed close to Ketley Bank round about and around 750metres of new 132,000 volt underground cables will be laid to connect it to the electricity grid site at Ketley.
Once connected, it will enable the removal of three existing electricity towers and 850 metres of overhead power lines that over sail the Wrekin retail park and the M54.
“It ensures that we can provide a high level of service to these areas in the long term by improving the infrastructure and security of our electricity network,” said Mick Dunne, WPD’s Projects Manager for the area.
The construction of the new tower and work to install the underground cables which started last September is expected to be complete by the end of this year. The removal of the redundant tower and overhead lines will be carried out next year.
