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Electricity North West (ENW) has begun its £14 million upgrade to improve Manchester’s power network.
In total 10km of new underground electricity cables are to be installed in the city’s Eastlands area, with engineers carrying out upgrades at three local substations.
The latest phase of the project will start on 8 July and is expected to last for four weeks.
Work is expected to be fully completed in two months, with the new cables enabling the continued development and growth in the area which houses 30,000 residents and businesses.
Stephen Forshaw, who is overseeing the work in Manchester for Electricity North West, said: “The Eastlands scheme has been a major engineering project and an important one for the growth in the city.
“The latest stage will see a further 1,100m of underground cables installed and once connected, will provide additional space on the network for homes and businesses in the area.
“We’ve contacted businesses in the immediate area to make them aware of work taking place as we want to be as transparent as possible and work with customers to ensure disruption is kept to a minimum.”
Its latest flexibility tender is seeking to procure 486MW of flexibility across 29 Locations in Cumbria, Lancashire and Greater Manchester. It is worth over £7 million during a four-year period.
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